Structural analysis of the KANSL1/WDR5/ KANSL2 complex reveals that WDR5 is required for efficient assembly and chromatin targeting of the NSL complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 929-942

  Dias, Jorge ^a   Van Nguyen, Nhuong ^b,c   Georgiev, Plamen ^b   Gaub, Aline ^b,c   Brettschneider, Janine ^a   Cusack, Stephen ^a   Kadlec, Jan ^a   Akhtar, Asifa ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; KANSL1 PROTEIN; KANSL2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WDR5 PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING;

CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84899721302     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.240200.114     Document Type: Article

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