Loss of Histone H3 Methylation at Lysine 4 Triggers Apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Walter, David ^a,c   Matter, Anja ^a   Fahrenkrog, Birthe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ADAPTOR PROTEIN RAD9P; CASPASE; DOT1P PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; JHD2P PROTEIN; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUC1P PROTEIN; SET1P PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YCA1P PROTEIN;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; JUMONJI DOMAIN-CONTAINING HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84896705122     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004095     Document Type: Article

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