Epigenetic transcriptional repression of cellular genes by a viral SET protein

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1114-1122

  Mujtaba, Shiraz ^a   Manzur, Karishma L ^a   Gurnon, James R ^b   Kang, Ming ^b   Van Etten, James L ^b   Zhou, Ming Ming ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN CBX8; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS SET PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLORELLA VIRUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA CHLORELLA VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REPRESSION; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLORELLA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

CHLORELLA VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA CHLORELLA VIRUS 1;

EID: 51049114011     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1772     Document Type: Article

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