Selective targeting of histone methylation

Cell Cycle

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Islam, Abul B M M K ^a   Richter, William F ^b   Lopez Bigas, Nuria ^a   Benevolenskaya, Elizaveta V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ChIPseq; Histone methylation; Histone modifying enzymes

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE;

BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 79851480422     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.3.14705     Document Type: Review

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