Simultaneous mutation of methylated lysine residues in histone H3 causes enhanced gene silencing, cell cycle defects, and cell lethality in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6832-6841

  Jin, Yi ^a   Rodriguez, Amy M ^a   Stanton, Julie D ^a   Kitazono, Ana A ^b   Wyrick, John J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; LETHALITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIR2 GENE; SIR3 GENE; SIR4 GENE; TELOMERE;

CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34748920618     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00745-07     Document Type: Article

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