Central role of Drosophila SU(VAR)3-9 in histone H3-K9 methylation and heterochromatic gene silencing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1121-1131

  Schotta, Gunnar ^a   Ebert, Anja ^a   Krauss, Veiko ^a   Fischer, Andreas ^a   Hoffmann, Jan ^a   Rea, Stephen ^a   Jenuwein, Thomas ^a   Dorn, Rainer ^a   Reuter, Gunter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; H3 K9 methylation; Heterochromatin; SU(VAR)3 9

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SU(VAR)3-7; PROTEIN SU(VAR)3-9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPISTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036499971     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.5.1121     Document Type: Article

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