The Tudor protein survival motor neuron (SMN) is a chromatin-binding protein that interacts with methylated lysine 79 of histone H3

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3664-3677

  Sabra, Mirna ^a,b,c   Texier, Pascale ^a,b,c   El Maalouf, Jhony ^a,b,c   Lomonte, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'excellence   (France)

Author keywords

Cajal bodies; Centromeres; HSV 1 ICP0 protein; Methylated H3K79; Survival motor neuron protein (SMN)

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CELL PROTEIN; COILIN; DOT1L PROTEIN; FIBRILLARIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUDOR DOMAIN;

CAJAL BODIES; CENTROMERES; HSV-1 ICP0 PROTEIN; METHYLATED H3K79; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN (SMN);

CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SMN COMPLEX PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84883385816     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126003     Document Type: Article

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