Histone methyltransferase activity of a Drosophila Polycomb group repressor complex

Cell

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-208

  Müller, Jürg ^a,b   Hart, Craig M ^d   Francis, Nicole J ^e,f   Vargas, Marcus L ^d   Sengupta, Aditya ^a,b   Wild, Brigitte ^a   Miller, Ellen L ^d   O'Connor, Michael B ^c,d   Kingston, Robert E ^e,f   Simon, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN POLYCOMB; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 18644383738     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00976-5     Document Type: Article

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