The Essential WD Repeat Protein Swd2 Has Dual Functions in RNA Polymerase II Transcription Termination and Lysine 4 Methylation of Histone H3

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2932-2943

  Cheng, Hailing ^a   He, Xiaoyuan ^a   Moore, Claire ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HYDROXYUREA; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPF; PROTEIN REF2; PROTEIN SWD2; RNA POLYMERASE II; SET1 METHYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WD REPEAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1642309579     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.7.2932-2943.2004     Document Type: Article

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