Nucleosomes containing methylated DNA stabilize DNA methyltransferases 3A/3B and ensure faithful epigenetic inheritance

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sharma, Shikhar ^a,b   de Carvalho, Daniel D ^a   Jeong, Shinwu ^a   Jones, Peter A ^a   Liang, Gangning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GENOMIC DNA; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOMATIC CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 79952258043     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001286     Document Type: Article

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