Lysine methylation within the globular domain of histone H3 by Dot1 is important for telomeric silencing and Sir protein association.

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Published in Genes Dev on June 15, 2002

Authors

Huck Hui Ng1, Qin Feng, Hengbin Wang, Hediye Erdjument-Bromage, Paul Tempst, Yi Zhang, Kevin Struhl

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1: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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