title: [On the research of histone methylation].
abstract: The types of histone methyltransferases, the relationship between methylation of Lysine 9 of H3 and the formation of heterochromatin, gene regulation in euchromatin, and that with DNA methylation, were mainly introduced. The interrelation between histone methylation and histone acetylation/phosphorylation was summarized. It is showed that histone methylation plays a very important role in maintaining the balance state of cell. The future research tendency of histone methylation was fantastic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100 037, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fei-Xiong
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D019175:DNA Methylation; D022041:Euchromatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008239:Lysine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008745:Methylation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases
chemical_list: D022041:Euchromatin; D006570:Heterochromatin; D006657:Histones; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D008239:Lysine