Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain

@article{Feng2002MethylationOH,
  title={Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain},
  author={Qin Feng and Hengbin Wang and Huck-Hui Ng and Hediye Erdjument-Bromage and Paul Tempst and Kevin Struhl and Yi Zhang},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2002},
  volume={12},
  pages={1052-1058}
}
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