Repressive histone methylation: A case study in deterministic versus stochastic gene regulation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1839, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1373-1384

  Lyons, David B ^a   Lomvardas, Stavros ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone lysine methylation; Hox gene; LOCK; LSD1; Olfactory receptor gene; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HOX PROTEIN; LAMIN; LSD1 PROTEIN; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA POLYMERASE II; SU VAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CASE STUDY; CHROMATIN; ENHANCER REGION; EUCHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DETERMINISM; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84913536123     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.05.010     Document Type: Review

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