title: Reversing histone methylation.
abstract: Histones package DNA, and post-translational modifications of histones can regulate access to DNA. Until recently, histone methylation-unlike all other histone modifications-was considered a permanent mark. The discovery of enzymes that reverse the methylation of lysines and arginines challenges our current thinking on the unique nature of histone methylation, and substantially increases the complexity of histone modification pathways.
authors.affiliation: Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bannister
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouzarides
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008745:Methylation
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D001120:Arginine; D008239:Lysine