Epigenetic regulation of telomere length in mammalian cells by the Suv39h1 and Suv39h2 histone methyltransferases

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-99

  García Cao, Marta ^a   O'Sullivan, Roderick ^b   Peters, Antoine H F M ^b   Jenuwein, Thomas ^b   Blasco, María A ^a  

^a Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CBX1; PROTEIN CBX3; PROTEIN CBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAMMAL CELL; METHYLATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0347988045     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1278     Document Type: Article

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