ATXR5 and ATXR6 are H3K27 monomethyltransferases required for chromatin structure and gene silencing

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 763-768

  Jacob, Yannick ^a   Feng, Suhua ^b   LeBlanc, Chantal A ^a   Bernatavichute, Yana V ^b   Stroud, Hume ^b   Cokus, Shawn ^b   Johnson, Lianna M ^b   Pellegrini, Matteo ^b   Jacobsen, Steven E ^b   Michaels, Scott D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX RELATED PROTEIN 5; ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX RELATED PROTEIN 6; DNA; H3K27 MONOMETHYLTRANSFERASE; H3K27ME1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN ATXR5; PROTEIN ATXR6; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ATXR5 ATXR6 GENE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 67650296444     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1611     Document Type: Article

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