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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: a chromatin writer's block.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jul 2009
Dreijerink K M A, Lips C J M, Timmers H Th M
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is caused by inactivating germ line mutations of the MEN1 tumour suppressor gene. The MEN1 gene product, menin, participates in many cellular processes, including regulation of gene transcription. As part of a protein complex that writes a trimethyl mark on lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me3), menin is involved in activating gene transcription. Several functions of the...
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