Dot1-Dependent Histone H3K79 Methylation Promotes Activation of the Mek1 Meiotic Checkpoint Effector Kinase by Regulating the Hop1 Adaptor

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ontoso, David ^a   Acosta, Isabel ^a   van Leeuwen, Fred ^b   Freire, Raimundo ^c   San Segundo, Pedro A ^a  

^a Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; DOT1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOP1 PROTEIN; LYSINE; MEC1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; PCH2 PROTEIN; TEL1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ZIP1 GENE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84873520917     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003262     Document Type: Article

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