title: Histone acetyltransferase complexes and their link to transcription.
abstract: Early studies revealing the relationship between the state of histone acetylation and gene transcription were largely indirect. Increasing information regarding the enzymes that catalyze transcription linked acetylation is beginning to clarify this issue. This review attempts to relate previous data regarding the distribution of histone acetylation within different chromatin regions with recent data regarding the substrate specificity, subunit composition, and recruitment of the known histone acetyltransferase complexes.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802-4500, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lechner
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Workman
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases