LagoZ and LagZ, two genes derived from the LacZ gene to study epigenetics;LagoZ et LagZ, deux genes appauvris en dinucleotides CpG derives du gene LacZ pour l'etude des controles epigenetiques

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 322, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1061-1070

  Henry, Isabelle ^a   Forlani, Sylvie ^a   Vaillant, Séverine ^a   Muschler, John ^a   Choulika, André ^a   Nicolas, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylation deacetylation of histones; CpG; Epigenetics; LagoZ; LagZ; Methylation of DNA; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HISTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DEACETYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOSE OPERON; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; CPG ISLAND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLASTOCYST; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SYNTHETIC; HISTONES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033397549     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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