Identification of three histone methyltransferases in Drosophila: dG9a is a suppressor of PEV and is required for gene silencing

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 513-526

  Mis, Jacek ^a   Ner, Sarbjit S ^a   Grigliatti, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blimp1; Chromatin; G9a; Histone lysine methylation; Histone methyltransferase; Position effect variegation; RIZ1; SETDB1; Su(var)3 9

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746072542     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0116-x     Document Type: Article

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