Structural biology of the chromodomain: Form and function

Gene

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-78

  Eissenberg, Joel C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromodomain; Histone methylation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMETHYLASE; CYCLIN E; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMODOMAIN MOTIF; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; GENETIC CODE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857190635     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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