The control of histone lysine methylation in epigenetic regulation

Biochimie

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Völkel, Pamela ^a   Angrand, Pierre Olivier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Epigenetics; Histone lysine methylation; JmjC domain; SET domain

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEMETHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33845786515     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.009     Document Type: Review

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