Ubiquitination of histone H2B regulates H3 methylation and gene silencing in yeast

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6893, 2002, Pages 104-108

  Sun, Zu Wen ^a   Allis, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; PROTEINS;

CHROMATIN;

YEAST;

HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; UBIQUITIN;

DNA; GENOME;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; METHYLATION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LIGASES; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037019333     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00883     Document Type: Article

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