Expression and functionality of histone H2A variants in cancer

Oncotarget

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3428-3443

  Monteiro, Fátima Liliana ^a   Baptista, Tiago ^b   Amado, Francisco ^a   Vitorino, Rui ^a   Jerónimo, Carmen ^b,c   Helguero, Luisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epigenetics; Histone H2A; Post translational modifications

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A.1; HISTONE H2A.2; HISTONE H2A.Z; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE MACROH2A1; HISTONE MACROH2A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; MACROH2A HISTONE;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EUCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903527222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2007     Document Type: Review

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