title: Yeast unravels epigenetic apoptosis control: deadly chat within a histone tail.
abstract: An important paper by David Allis and colleagues (Ahn et al., 2006 [this issue of Molecular Cell]) describes a specific deacetylation/phosphorylation crosstalk at the histone H2B tail required for apoptosis induction in yeast, thus giving first insights into the poorly understood epigenetic regulation of cell death.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Didac
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carmona-Gutierrez
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madeo
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D017209:Apoptosis; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D015003:Yeasts / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006657:Histones