Expansion and diversification of the <it>SET </it>domain gene family following whole-genome duplications in <it>Populus trichocarpa</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Histone lysine methylation modifies chromatin structure and regulates eukaryotic gene transcription and a variety of developmental and physiological processes. SET domain proteins are lysine methyltransferases containing the evolutio...

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Main Authors: Lei Li, Zhou Shi-Liang, Ma Hong, Zhang Liang-Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/51