The PHD finger: A versatile epigenome reader

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Sanchez, Roberto ^a   Zhou, Ming Ming ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PLANT HOMEODOMAIN ZINC FINGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79959893275     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 09680004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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