DNA methylation affects nuclear organization, histone modifications, and linker histone binding but not chromatin compaction

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-411

  Gilbert, Nick ^a,b   Thomson, Inga ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^a   Allan, James ^b   Ramsahoye, Bernard ^b   Bickmore, Wendy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE; HISTONE H3; NUCLEASE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 34248223080     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200607133     Document Type: Article

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