Histone methylation in transcriptional control

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 198-209

  Kouzarides, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; DNA; HISTONE; LYSINE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0036532202     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(02)00287-3     Document Type: Review

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