DNMT3L connects unmethylated lysine 4 of histone H3 to de novo methylation of DNA

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7154, 2007, Pages 714-717

  Ooi, Steen K T ^a   Qiu, Chen ^b   Bernstein, Emily ^c   Li, Keqin ^b   Jia, Da ^b   Yang, Zhe ^b   Erdjument Bromage, Hediye ^d   Tempst, Paul ^d   Lin, Shau Ping ^e   Allis, C David ^c   Cheng, Xiaodong ^b   Bestor, Timothy H ^a  

^a Department of Genetics and Development College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME; DNA; GAMETOGENESIS; INHIBITION; METHYLATION; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547725157     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05987     Document Type: Article

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