Histone Methyltransferases Direct Different Degrees of Methylation to Define Distinct Chromatin Domains

Molecular Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1591-1598

  Rice, Judd C ^a   Briggs, Scott D ^a   Ueberheide, Beatrix ^b   Barber, Cynthia M ^a   Shabanowitz, Jeffrey ^b   Hunt, Donald F ^b,c   Shinkai, Yoichi ^d   Allis, C David ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN G9A; PROTEIN SUV39H1; PROTEIN SUV39H2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SILENT GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347955358     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00479-9     Document Type: Article

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