Methylation and demethylation activities of a C. elegans MLL-like complex attenuate RAS signalling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-153

  Fisher, Kate ^a   Southall, Stacey M ^b   Wilson, Jon R ^b   Poulin, Gino B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chromatin; EGFR signalling; RAS; Transcription; Vulva development; Vulval development

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; APICAL JUNCTION MOLECULE 1; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME ACETYLTRANSFERASE OF HISTONE H4; RAS PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TAT INTERACTIVE PROTEIN 60; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AJM 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; AJM-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GAP 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GAP-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LET 60 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LET-60 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SET 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SET-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEMETHYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VULVA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951231933     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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