Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in higher eukaryotic genes

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Schneider, Robert ^a   Bannister, Andrew J ^a   Myers, Fiona A ^b   Thorne, Alan W ^b   Crane Robinson, Colyn ^b   Kouzarides, Tony ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; GLOBIN; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENOME; GLOBINS; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1342268289     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1076     Document Type: Article

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