The histone methyltransferase Dot1 is required for DNA damage repair and proper development in Dictyostelium

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 404, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1016-1022

  Müller Taubenberger, Annette ^a   Bönisch, Clemens ^a   Fürbringer, Marlis ^a   Wittek, Finni ^a   Hake, Sandra B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

D. discoideum; DNA repair; Dot1; H3K79me2; Histone methylation; KMT4

Indexed keywords

DOT1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79151474216     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.12.101     Document Type: Article

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