De novo DNA cytosine methyltransferase activities in mouse embryonic stem cells

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3195-3205

  Lei, Hong ^a   Oh, Suk P ^a   Okano, Masaki ^a   Jüttermann, Ruth ^b,c   Goss, Kendrick A ^a   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^b   Li, En ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

De novo methylation; DNA cytosine methyltransferase; Embryonic stem cells; Gene targeting; Genomic imprinting; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, VIRAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MICE; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PROVIRUSES; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029803192     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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