Drosophila Kismet regulates histone H3 lysine 27 methylation and early elongation by RNA polymerase II

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Srinivasan, Shrividhya ^a,b   Dorighi, Kristel M ^a   Tamkun, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN KISMET L; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASH1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELICASE; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KIS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRITHORAX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RNA METHYLATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, INSECT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 55449092929     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000217     Document Type: Article

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