Mouse Dnmt3a Preferentially Methylates Linker DNA and Is Inhibited by Histone H1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 810-821

  Takeshima, Hideyuki ^a   Suetake, Isao ^a   Tajima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dinucleosomes; DNA methyltransferase; Dnmt3a; histone H1

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE H1; NAKED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SOMATIC CELL;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 53149096921     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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