A model for transmission of the H3K27me3 epigenetic mark

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1291-1300

  Hansen, Klaus H ^a   Bracken, Adrian P ^a,d   Pasini, Diego ^a   Dietrich, Nikolaj ^a   Gehani, Simmi S ^a   Monrad, Astrid ^a   Rappsilber, Juri ^b   Lerdrup, Mads ^c   Helin, Kristian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; ENZYME; HISTONE; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 27 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN EZH2; PROTEIN SUZ12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FIBROBLASTS; G1 PHASE; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUCIFERASES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; S PHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 55549103314     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1787     Document Type: Article

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