Ubiquitination of Histone H2B by Rad6 Is Required for Efficient Dot1-mediated Methylation of Histone H3 Lysine 79*

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Summary

It is shown that Rad6-mediated ubiquitination of H2B lysine 123 is important for efficient methylation of lysin 79, but not lysines 36, of histone H3, and this study suggests that Rad 6 affects telomeric silencing, at least in part, by influencingmethylation of hist one H3.

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2002-09-20
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Histone H3, Histone methyltransferase, Histone methylation, Histone code, Histone H2A

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