Targeted recruitment of Set1 histone methylase by elongating Pol II provides a localized mark and memory of recent transcriptional activity

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 709-719

  Ng, Huck Hui ^a   Robert, François ^b   Young, Richard A ^b,c   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN PAF 1; PROTEIN RTF 1; PROTEIN SET 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EID: 0344022572     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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