SUZ12 is required for both the histone methyltransferase activity and the silencing function of the EED-EZH2 complex

Molecular Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Cao, Ru ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELA CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042801308     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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