An Evolutionary Conserved Epigenetic Mark of Polycomb Response Elements Implemented by Trx/MLL/COMPASS

Molecular Cell

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 318-328

  Rickels, Ryan ^a   Hu, Deqing ^a   Collings, Clayton K ^a   Woodfin, Ashley R ^a   Piunti, Andrea ^a   Mohan, Man ^b,d   Herz, Hans Martin ^b,e   Kvon, Evgeny ^c   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; COMPASS PROTEIN; MLL1 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRITHORAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL PROTEIN, HUMAN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; TRITHORAX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HCT116 CELL LINE; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYCOMB RESPONSE ELEMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HCT 116 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HCT116 CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84991079712     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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