BRD4 is a histone acetyltransferase that evicts nucleosomes from chromatin

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 540-548

  Devaiah, Ballachanda N ^a   Case Borden, Chanelle ^a   Gegonne, Anne ^a   Hsu, Chih Hao ^a   Chen, Qingrong ^a   Meerzaman, Daoud ^a   Dey, Anup ^b   Ozato, Keiko ^b   Singer, Dinah S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; AURORA B KINASE; BROMODOMAIN PROTEIN 4; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOS; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BRD4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CHROMATIN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; METABOLISM; THYMUS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84966670343     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3228     Document Type: Article

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