Is H3K4me3 instructive for transcription activation?

FS Howe, H Fischl, SC Murray, J Mellor - Bioessays, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tri‐methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) is a near‐universal chromatin
modification at the transcription start site of active genes in eukaryotes from yeast to man …

Molecular mechanisms and potential functions of histone demethylases

SM Kooistra, K Helin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Histone modifications are thought to regulate chromatin structure, transcription and other
nuclear processes. Histone methylation was originally believed to be an irreversible …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale genetic perturbations reveal regulatory networks and an abundance of gene-specific repressors

P Kemmeren, K Sameith, LAL Van De Pasch… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
To understand regulatory systems, it would be useful to uniformly determine how different
components contribute to the expression of all other genes. We therefore monitored mRNA …

Transcription-associated histone modifications and cryptic transcription

M Smolle, JL Workman - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2013 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into chromatin, a highly organized structure consisting of
DNA and histone proteins. All nuclear processes take place in the context of chromatin …

Epigenetic silencing mediates mitochondria stress-induced longevity

EA Schroeder, N Raimundo, GS Shadel - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play complex roles in aging, having both damaging effects
and signaling functions. Transiently elevating mitochondrial stress, including mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Histone lysine demethylase (KDM) subfamily 4: structures, functions and therapeutic potential

RM Labbé, A Holowatyj, ZQ Yang - American journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
KDM4 histone demethylases catalyze the removal of methyl marks from histone lysine
residues to epigenetically regulate chromatin structure and gene expression. KDM4 …

Shaping the cellular landscape with Set2/SETD2 methylation

SL McDaniel, BD Strahl - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Chromatin structure is a major barrier to gene transcription that must be disrupted and re-set
during each round of transcription. Central to this process is the Set2/SETD2 …

Histone methylation and acetylation in macrophages as a mechanism for regulation of inflammatory responses

MG Daskalaki, C Tsatsanis… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages respond to noxious stimuli and contribute to inflammatory responses by
eliminating pathogens or damaged tissue and maintaining homeostasis. Response to …

Nonprocessive methylation by Dot1 leads to functional redundancy of histone H3K79 methylation states

F Frederiks, M Tzouros, G Oudgenoeg… - Nature structural & …, 2008 - nature.com
Whereas mono-, di-and trimethylation states of lysines on histones typically have specific
functions, no specific functions have been attributed so far to the different methylation states …

Succinate inhibition of α-ketoglutarate-dependent enzymes in a yeast model of paraganglioma

EH Smith, R Janknecht… - Human molecular …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzyme succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a tumor
suppressor. Heterozygosity for defective SDH subunit genes predisposes to familial …