Somatic cancer mutations in the mll3-set domain alter the catalytic properties of the enzyme

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-36

  Weirich, Sara ^a   Kudithipudi, Srikanth ^a   Kycia, Ina ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; HISTONE H3; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL3 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARCINOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 84927157772     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-015-0075-3     Document Type: Article

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