Proteolytic clipping of histone tails: The emerging role of histone proteases in regulation of various biological processes

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2717-2730

  Azad, Gajendra Kumar ^a   Tomar, Raghuvir S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatin dynamicity; Epigenetics; Gene regulation; Histone clipping; Post translational modifications

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTATIN B; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GRANZYME A; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRAL PROTEASE 3C; VIRUS ENZYME; HISTONE; HISTONE PROTEASES;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; EUO GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE TAIL CLIPPING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84898643869     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3181-y     Document Type: Article

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