Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by polycomb and HP1 chromodomains

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1870-1881

  Fischle, Wolfgang ^a,b   Wang, Yanming ^a,b   Jacobs, Steven A ^a   Kim, Youngchang ^c   Allis, C David ^a,b   Khorasanizadeh, Sepideh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Heterochromatin; Histone H3; HP1; Lysine methylation; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; METHYL GROUP; PEPTIDE; POLYCOMB; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043127085     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1110503     Document Type: Article

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