The RING Finger Protein MSL2 in the MOF Complex Is an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase for H2B K34 and Is Involved in Crosstalk with H3 K4 and K79 Methylation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-144

  Wu, Lipeng ^a   Zee, Barry M ^b   Wang, Yanming ^c   Garcia, Benjamin A ^b   Dou, Yali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MOF MSL PROTEIN; RING FINGER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA9; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HELA CELL; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HELA CELLS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RING FINGER DOMAINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 79959864524     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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