Histone posttranslational modifications and cell fate determination: Lens induction requires the lysine acetyltransferases CBP and p300

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 10199-10214

  Wolf, Louise ^a   Harrison, Wilbur ^b   Huang, Jie ^c   Xie, Qing ^a   Xiao, Ningna ^b   Sun, Jian ^a   Kong, Lingkun ^b   Lachke, Salil A ^d   Kuracha, Murali R ^e   Govindarajan, Venkatesh ^e   Brindle, Paul K ^f   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^g   Beebe, David C ^c   Overbeek, Paul A ^b   Cvekl, Ales ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CBP GENE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; P300 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; E1A-ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; S PHASE;

EID: 84890420625     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt824     Document Type: Article

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