The SET-domain protein superfamily: Protein lysine methyltransferases

Shane C. Dillon; Xing Zhang; Raymond C. Trievel; Xiaodong Cheng

doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-8-227

The SET-domain protein superfamily: Protein lysine methyltransferases

Shane C. Dillon, Xing Zhang, Raymond C. Trievel, Xiaodong Cheng

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Abstract

The SET-domain protein methyltransferase superfamily includes all but one of the proteins known to methylate histones on lysine. Histone methylation is important in the regulation of chromatin and gene expression.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	227
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	6
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-8-227
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Cell Biology

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