Pcl-PRC2 is needed to generate high levels of H3-K27 trimethylation at Polycomb target genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4078-4088

  Nekrasov, Maxim ^a   Klymenko, Tetyana ^a   Fraterman, Sven ^a   Papp, Bernadett ^a   Oktaba, Katarzyna ^a   Köcher, Thomas ^a   Cohen, Adrian ^b   Stunnenberg, Hendrik G ^b   Wilm, Matthias ^a   Müller, Jürg ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene silencing; Histone methylation; PcG; trxG

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; ISOPROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN H3 K27; PROTEIN PCL PRC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, INSECT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34648834735     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601837     Document Type: Article

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