Characterization of the grappa gene, the Drosophila Histone H3 lysine 79 methyltransferase

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-184

  Shanower, Gregory A ^a   Muller, Martin ^b   Blanton, Jason L ^a,d   Honti, Viktor ^c   Gyurkovics, Henrik ^c   Schedl, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DOT1; PROTEIN GRAPPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHYLATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, DOMINANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 13744259076     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.033191     Document Type: Article

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