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A glue for heterochromatin maintenance: stable SUV39H1 binding to heterochromatin is reinforced by the SET domain.
The Journal of cell biology - 15 Aug 2005
Krouwels Ilke M, Wiesmeijer Karien, Abraham Tsion E, Molenaar Chris, Verwoerd Nico P, Tanke Hans J, Dirks Roeland W
Abstract excerpt
Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 and the subsequent binding of heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) mediate the formation and maintenance of pericentromeric heterochromatin. Trimethylation of H3K9 is governed by the histone methyltransferase SUV39H1. Recent studies of HP1 dynamics revealed that HP1 is not a stable component of heterochromatin but is highly mobile (Cheutin, T., A.J. McNairn, T. Jenuwein, D.M....
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