Recent preclinical studies suggest that inhibitors of histone methyltransferases represent promising drug candidates for cancer therapy.
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We thank the Deutsche Krebshilfe (Nr. 107898) for funding of our work on histone methyltransferases.
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Wagner, T., Jung, M. New lysine methyltransferase drug targets in cancer. Nat Biotechnol 30, 622–623 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2300
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