Dnmt3a binds deacetylases and is recruited by a sequence-specific repressor to silence transcription

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2536-2544

  Fuks, François ^a   Burgers, Wendy A ^a   Godin, Nadia ^a   Kasai, Masataka ^b   Kouzarides, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dnmt3a; Histone deacetylation; Methylation; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DEACETYLASE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA HELICASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035873225     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2536     Document Type: Article

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