Lysine methyltransferase G9a methylates the transcription factor MyoD and regulates skeletal muscle differentiation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 841-846

  Ling, Belinda Mei Tze ^a   Bharathy, Narendra ^a   Chung, Teng Kai ^a   Kok, Wai Kay ^a   Li, SiDe ^b   Tan, Yong Hua ^a   Rao, Vinay Kumar ^a   Gopinadhan, Suma ^a   Sartorelli, Vittorio ^c   Walsh, Martin J ^b   Taneja, Reshma ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE G9A; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84863011942     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111628109     Document Type: Article

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