Histone H3 trimethylated at lysine 4 is enriched at probable transcription start sites in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Wright, Jessica R ^a   Siegel, T Nicolai ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin immunoprecipitation; High throughput DNA sequencing; Histone modification; Transcription regulation; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 77953022387     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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