Drosophila UTX is a histone H3 Lys27 demethylase that colocalizes with the elongating form of RNA polymerase II

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1041-1046

  Smith, Edwin R ^a   Min, Gyu Lee ^b   Winter, Benjamin ^a   Droz, Nathan M ^a   Eissenberg, Joel C ^c   Shiekhattar, Ramin ^b,d   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENZYME; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN DUTX; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HISTONES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38549165276     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01504-07     Document Type: Article

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