Histone H3

Table of Contents: Histone H3 evolutionary homologs

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Histone H3 and gene repression in yeast
Active genes are tri-methylated at K4 of histone H3 in Yeast
Histone H3 methylation and recruitment of silencing factors and cohesin to yeast centromeres
Interaction of RanGAP with H3 in yeast
Heterochromatin formation involves changes in histone modifications over multiple cell generations
Methylation of histone H3 targets programmed DNA elimination in Tetrahymena
DNA methylation controls histone H3 methylation and heterochromatin assembly in Arabdopsis
Deubiquitylation of histone H2A activates transcriptional initiation via trans-histone cross-talk with H3K4 di- and tri-methylation
RAD6-Mediated transcription-coupled H2B ubiquitylation directly stimulates H3K4 methylation in human cells
A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling

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Gene-specific targeting of H3K9 methylation is sufficient for initiating repression
Methylation of Histone H3 by Su(var)3-9 homologs: The role of HP1 homologs on chromatin structure of heterochromatin
SIRT1 regulates the histone methyl-transferase SUV39H1 during heterochromatin formation
Histone methyltransferase activity associated with a human multiprotein complex containing the Enhancer of Zeste protein
Role of the polycomb protein EED in the propagation of repressive histone marks
SET protein complex in vertebrates methylates H3
Dimethylation of H3K4 by Set1 recruits the Set3 histone deacetylase complex to 5' transcribed regions
Mammalian ASH1L is a histone methyltransferase that occupies the transcribed region of active genes
Arginine methylation at histone H3R2 controls deposition of H3K4 trimethylation
Methylation of histone H3R2 by PRMT6 and H3K4 by an MLL complex are mutually exclusive
beta-Catenin primes organizer gene expression by recruiting a histone H3 arginine 8 methyltransferase, Prmt2
Enzyme cooperation in the Displacement of histone during the first minute of hormonal gene activation

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Silencing of polycomb target genes is associated with methylation of histone H3 Lys 27
EZH1 and EZH2 cogovern histone H3K27 trimethylation and are essential for hair follicle homeostasis and wound repair
MLL, the human homolog of Drosophila trithorax, maintains Hox gene expression H3 lysine 4-specific methylation
The BRCT-domain containing protein PTIP links PAX2 to a histone H3, lysine 4 methyltransferase complex
Chd1 chromodomain links histone H3 methylation with SAGA- and SLIK-dependent acetylation
Structural basis for the histone chaperone activity of Asf1
Double chromodomains cooperate to recognize the methylated histone H3 tail
Histone H3 K36 methylation is mediated by a trans-histone methylation pathway involving an interaction between Set2 and histone H4
Developmental regulation of H3 methylation
H3 methylation and X inactivation
Establishment of Histone H3 methylation on the inactive X chromosome requires transient recruitment of Eed-Enx1 polycomb group complexes
HOTAIR interacts with Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) and is required for PRC2 occupancy and histone H3 lysine-27 trimethylation of HOXD locus

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A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development
The X-linked mental retardation gene SMCX/JARID1C defines a family of histone H3 lysine 4 demethylases
SMRT-mediated repression of a jumonji-domain containing H3K27 demethylase in progression from neural stem cell to neuron
UTX and JMJD3 are histone H3K27 demethylases involved in HOX gene regulation and development
Jumonji modulates Polycomb activity and self-renewal versus differentiation of stem cells
The histone H3 lysine-27 demethylase Jmjd3 links inflammation to inhibition of polycomb-mediated gene silencing
Jarid2 and PRC2, partners in regulating gene expression
H3K27me3 regulates BMP activity in developing spinal cord
The retinoblastoma binding protein RBP2 is an H3K4 demethylase
Coordinated regulation of transcriptional repression by the RBP2 H3K4 demethylase and Polycomb-Repressive Complex 2
Interaction with H3K27-demethylase and H3K4-methyltransferase activities are required for T-box protein-mediated activation

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Multiple spatially distinct types of facultative heterochromatin on the human inactive X chromosome
Dynamic reprogramming of histone acetylation and methylation in the first cell cycle of cloned mouse embryos
Histone arginine methylation regulates pluripotency in the early mouse embryo
Phosphorylation of Histone H3
Recruitment of basal transcription factors by Histone H3

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Assembly of histone H3 into nascent chromatin
Acetylation of histone tails by p300
Acetylated lysine 56 on Histone H3 drives chromatin assembly after repair
Acetylation of Histone H3 lysine 56 regulates replication-coupled nucleosome assembly
A histone deacetylase pathway regulates mitosis by modulating Aurora B kinase activity
Histone deacetylase 3 is required for centromeric H3K4 deacetylation and sister chromatid cohesion
Gene specific regulation via Histone H3 modification
H3K4me3 and H3K9,14Ac modifications mark the promoters of most protein-coding genes in human embryonic stem cells
Differential H3K4 methylation identifies developmentally poised hematopoietic genes
A chromatin-wide transition to H4K20 monomethylation impairs genome integrity and programmed DNA rearrangements in the mouse
Functional dynamics of histones H3 and H4 during gametogenesis

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