Enhancer requirement for histone methylation linked with gene activation

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5994-6001

  Rentoft, Matilda ^a,b   Kim, Kihoon ^a   Cho, Youngran ^a   Lee, Choon Hwan ^a   Kim, Aeri ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Histone; Methylation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MINICHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NF-E2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, P45 SUBUNIT; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 55949091138     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06728.x     Document Type: Article

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