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Lysine methylation within the globular domain of histone H3 by Dot1 is important for telomeric silencing and Sir protein association.
Genes & development - 15 Jun 2002
Ng Huck Hui, Feng Qin, Wang Hengbin, Erdjument-Bromage Hediye, Tempst Paul, Zhang Yi, Struhl Kevin
Abstract excerpt
The amino-terminal histone tails are subject to covalent post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. In the histone code hypothesis, these exposed and unstructured histone tails are accessible to a repertoire of regulatory factors that specifically recognize the various modified histones, thereby generating altered chromatin structures that mediate specific biological...
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