WRAD: Enabler of the SET1-family of H3K4 methyltransferases

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Ernst, Patricia ^a   Vakoc, Christopher R ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

ASH2L; DPY 30; MLL; RbBP5; SET1; WDR5

Indexed keywords

H3 AT LYSINE 4 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASH2L; PROTEIN DPY 30; PROTEIN RBBP5; PROTEIN WDR5; SET1 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

EID: 84864316059     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els017     Document Type: Article

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