Catalysis-dependent stabilization of Bre1 fine-tunes histone H2B ubiquitylation to regulate gene transcription

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1647-1652

  Wozniak, Glenn G ^a   Strahl, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene transcription; Histones; Ubiquitylation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H2B; POLYMERASE ASSOCIATED FACTOR; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRE1 GENE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

CHROMATIN; GENE TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONES; UBIQUITYLATION;

CATALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84905252394     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.243121.114     Document Type: Article

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