Dillon, S.C., Zhang, X., Trievel, R.C., Cheng, X. (2005). The SET-domain protein superfamily: protein lysine methyltransferases. Genome Biol. 6(8): 227.
FlyBase ID
FBrf0229069
Publication Type
Review
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.
