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A tale of histone modifications.

Genome biology ·Vol. 2 ·No. 4 ·2001-00-00 ·Pages REVIEWS0003

Grant PA

Abstract

The modification of chromatin structure is important for a number of nuclear functions, exemplified by the regulation of transcription. This review discusses recent studies of covalent histone modifications and the enzymatic machines that generate them.

MeSH Terms
Acetylation Acetyltransferases/metabolism Animals Chromatin/metabolism Histone Acetyltransferases Histone Deacetylases/metabolism Histones/metabolism Humans Methyltransferases/metabolism Phosphorylation Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Chemicals
Chromatin Histones Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Methyltransferases Acetyltransferases Histone Acetyltransferases Histone Deacetylases
Authors & Affiliations
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Grant P A
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. pag9n@virginia.edu
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Article Info
Journal
Genome biology
Abbr.
Genome Biol
ISSN
1474-760X
DOI
10.1186/gb-2001-2-4-reviews0003
Email
pag9n@virginia.edu
Published
2001-00-00
Epub
2001-00-05
Pages
REVIEWS0003
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100960660
PMCID
PMC138925
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-4-reviews0003 PMC Full Text View journal details
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