Structure–function relationship of estrogen receptor α and β: Impact on human health

P Ascenzi, A Bocedi, M Marino - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
17β-Estradiol (E2) controls many aspects of human physiology, including development,
reproduction and homeostasis, through regulation of the transcriptional activity of its cognate …

Tip60 in DNA damage response and growth control: many tricks in one HAT

M Squatrito, C Gorrini, B Amati - Trends in cell biology, 2006 - cell.com
The Tip60 histone acetyltransferase is part of an evolutionarily conserved multisubunit
complex, NuA4, which is recruited by many transcription factors to their target promoters …

[HTML][HTML] Circadian regulator CLOCK is a histone acetyltransferase

M Doi, J Hirayama, P Sassone-Corsi - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
The molecular machinery that governs circadian rhythmicity comprises proteins whose
interplay generates time-specific transcription of clock genes. The role of chromatin …

Antitumor activity of a small-molecule inhibitor of human silent information regulator 2 enzymes

B Heltweg, T Gatbonton, AD Schuler, J Posakony, H Li… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
SIRT1 and other NAD-dependent deacetylases have been implicated in control of cellular
responses to stress and in tumorigenesis through deacetylation of important regulatory …

Arabidopsis GCN5, HD1, and TAF1/HAF2 Interact to Regulate Histone Acetylation Required for Light-Responsive Gene Expression

M Benhamed, C Bertrand, C Servet, DX Zhou - The Plant Cell, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We previously showed that Arabidopsis thaliana histone acetyltransferase TAF1/HAF2 is
required for the light regulation of growth and gene expression, and we show here that …

[PDF][PDF] p53: structure, function and therapeutic applications

L Bai, WG Zhu - J Cancer Mol, 2006 - Citeseer
Introduction p53 protein was first identified in 1979 as a transformation-related protein [1]
and a cellular protein which accumulates in the nuclei of cancer cells and binds tightly to the …

Histone acetylation in gene regulation

L Verdone, E Agricola, M Caserta… - Briefings in Functional …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Genetic information is packaged in the highly dynamic nucleoprotein structure called
chromatin. Many biological processes are regulated via post-translational modifications of …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated levels of two tRNA species bypass the requirement for elongator complex in transcription and exocytosis

A Esberg, BO Huang, MJO Johansson, AS Byström - Molecular cell, 2006 - cell.com
Summary The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Elongator complex consisting of the six Elp1–Elp6
proteins has been proposed to participate in three distinct cellular processes: transcriptional …

Differential expression of selected histone modifier genes in human solid cancers

H Özdağ, AE Teschendorff, AA Ahmed, SJ Hyland… - BMC genomics, 2006 - Springer
Background Post-translational modification of histones resulting in chromatin remodelling
plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression. Here we report characteristic patterns …

Nuclear receptor-mediated transcriptional regulation in Phase I, II, and III xenobiotic metabolizing systems

K Nakata, Y Tanaka, T Nakano, T Adachi… - Drug metabolism and …, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Studies of the genetic regulation involved in drug metabolizing enzymes and drug
transporters are of great interest to understand the molecular mechanisms of drug response …