Set2-catalyzed methylation of histone H3 represses basal expression of GAL4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5972-5978

  Landry, Joseph ^a   Sutton, Ann ^a   Hesman, Tina ^b   Min, Jinrong ^c   Xu, Rui Ming ^c   Johnston, Mark ^b   Sternglanz, Rolf ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN SET2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GAL4 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0041468981     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.17.5972-5978.2003     Document Type: Article

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