Makoto Tachibana

G9a histone methyltransferase plays a dominant role in euchromatic histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and is essential for early embryogenesis

Makoto Tachibana, Kenji Sugimoto, Masami Nozaki et al. · Genes & Development · 2002 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16

Partitioning and Plasticity of Repressive Histone Methylation States in Mammalian Chromatin

Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Stefan Kubicek, Karl Mechtler et al. · Molecular Cell · 2003 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +14

Histone methyltransferases G9a and GLP form heteromeric complexes and are both crucial for methylation of euchromatin at H3-K9

Makoto Tachibana, Jun Ueda, Mikiko Fukuda et al. · Genes & Development · 2005 · 830 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

Proviral silencing in embryonic stem cells requires the histone methyltransferase ESET

Toshiyuki Matsui, Danny Leung, Hiroki Miyashita et al. · Nature · 2010 · 822 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16

SET Domain-containing Protein, G9a, Is a Novel Lysine-preferring Mammalian Histone Methyltransferase with Hyperactivity and Specific Selectivity to Lysines 9 and 27 of Histone H3

Makoto Tachibana, Kenji Sugimoto, Tatsunobu Fukushima et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 775 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15