The PHD finger of human UHRF1 reveals a new subgroup of unmethylated histone H3 tail readers.

The human UHRF1 protein (ubiquitin-like containing PHD and RING finger domains 1) has emerged as a potential cancer target due to its implication in cell cycle regulation, maintenance of DNA methylation after replication and heterochromatin formation. UHRF1 functions as an adaptor protein that binds...

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Main Authors: Nada Lallous, Pierre Legrand, Alastair G McEwen, Santiago Ramón-Maiques, Jean-Pierre Samama, Catherine Birck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3214078?pdf=render