2008
WSTF regulates the H2A.X DNA damage response via a novel tyrosine kinase activity
Xiao A, Li H, Shechter D, Ahn SH, Fabrizio LA, Erdjument-Bromage H, Ishibe-Murakami S, Wang B, Tempst P, Hofmann K, Patel DJ, Elledge SJ, Allis CD. WSTF regulates the H2A.X DNA damage response via a novel tyrosine kinase activity. Nature 2008, 457: 57-62. PMID: 19092802, PMCID: PMC2854499, DOI: 10.1038/nature07668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damage responseIntrinsic tyrosine kinase activityTyrosine kinase activityDamage responseKinase activityWilliams-Beuren syndrome transcription factorDouble-strand break responseNew regulatory mechanismWICH complexKinase foldEukaryotic cellsTranscription factorsWSTFKnowledge of domainsGenomic instabilityBreak responseSequence homologyRegulatory mechanismsCell deathPrecise rolePhosphorylationRepair processNew mechanismChromatinImportant role
2007
Linking the epigenetic 'language' of covalent histone modifications to cancer.
Hake S, Xiao A, Allis C. Linking the epigenetic 'language' of covalent histone modifications to cancer. British Journal Of Cancer 2007, 96 Suppl: r31-9. PMID: 17393583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCovalent histone modificationsHistone modificationsMethylation of DNAEpigenetic languageChromatin reorganisationEpigenetic modulationCovalent modificationHuman biologyHuman cancersMultistep processMethylationRecent findingsChromatinHuman healthHistonesPhosphorylationBiologyAcetylationDNAModificationPotential therapyCarcinogenesisMajor partCancer
2004
Linking the epigenetic ‘language’ of covalent histone modifications to cancer
Hake SB, Xiao A, Allis CD. Linking the epigenetic ‘language’ of covalent histone modifications to cancer. British Journal Of Cancer 2004, 90: 761-769. PMID: 14970850, PMCID: PMC2410168, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCovalent histone modificationsHistone modificationsMethylation of DNAChromatin reorganisationEpigenetic modulationCovalent modificationHuman biologyHuman cancersMultistep processMethylationRecent findingsChromatinHuman healthHistonesEpigeneticsPhosphorylationBiologyAcetylationDNAModificationPotential therapyCarcinogenesisMajor partCancer