Functional cooperation between HP1 and DNMT1 mediates gene silencing

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1169-1178

  Smallwood, Andrea ^a   Estève, Pierre Olivier ^b   Pradhan, Sriharsa ^b   Carey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; DNMT1; G9a; Histone methylation; HP1

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DOXORUBICIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; SURVIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249066239     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1536807     Document Type: Article

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