Structure of the catalytic domain of human Dot1L, a non-SET domain nucleosomal histone methyltransferase

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 711-723

  Min, Jinrong ^a   Feng, Qin ^b   Li, Zhizhong ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Xu, Rui Ming ^a  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE DOT1L; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344837759     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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