SET domain proteins modulate chromatin domains in eu- and heterochromatin

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-93

  Jenuwein, T ^a   Laible, G ^a   Dorn, R ^b   Reuter, G ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin domains; Pc G and trx G genes; PEV in Drosophila; SET domain; Su(var) and E(var) genes; Telomeric silencing

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031984480     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050127     Document Type: Review

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