Localized domains of G9a-mediated histone methylation are required for silencing of neuronal genes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 727-738

  Roopra, Avtar ^a   Qazi, Romena ^a   Schoenike, Barry ^a   Daley, Timothy J ^a   Morrison, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; METHYLATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; METHYLATION; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942631126     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.05.026     Document Type: Article

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