Set1/COMPASS and mediator are repurposed to promote epigenetic transcriptional memory

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue JUN2016, 2016, Pages

  D’Urso, Agustina ^a   Takahashi, Yoh Hei ^b   Xiong, Bin ^a   Marone, Jessica ^a   Coukos, Robert ^a   Randise Hinchliff, Carlo ^a   Wang, Ji Ping ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^b   Brickner, Jason H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPASS PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYOINOSITOL 1 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SET1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SFL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INO1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SET1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SSN3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL MEMORY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 8; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MYO-INOSITOL-1-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84979699629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.16691     Document Type: Article

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