Sound of silence: The properties and functions of repressive Lys methyltransferases

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 499-513

  Mozzetta, Chiara ^a,b   Boyarchuk, Ekaterina ^a   Pontis, Julien ^a   Ait Si Ali, Slimane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; CHROMATIN BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 27 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; HISTONE H4 LYSINE 20 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; HISTONE;

CHROMATIN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84938056616     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm4029     Document Type: Review

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