CHROMATIN - HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES IN CONTROL

Authors
WADE PA WOLFFE AP
Citation
Pa. Wade et Ap. Wolffe, CHROMATIN - HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES IN CONTROL, Current biology, 7(2), 1997, pp. 82-84
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
82 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:2<82:C-HAIC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Several transcriptional regulators have been found to act as enzymes t hat acetylate histones. The targeted past-translational modification o f histones within regulatory nucleoprotein complexes provides an attra ctive mechanism for controlling transcription within a chromatin envir onment.