Control of CpNpG DNA methylation by the KRYPTONITE histone H3 methyltransferase

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6880, 2002, Pages 556-560

  Jackson, James P ^a   Lindroth, Anders M ^a   Cao, Xiaofeng ^a   Jacobsen, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

ENDOGENOUS RETROTRANSPOSON SEQUENCES; METHYLATED CHROMATIN;

DNA;

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CMT3 GENE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROCHROMATIN; KRYPTONITE GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SUP GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037041422     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature731     Document Type: Article

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