Ezh2 controls B cell development through histone H3 methylation and Igh rearrangement

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-131

  Su, I Hsin ^a   Basavaraj, Ashwin ^a   Krutchinsky, Andrew N ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^b   Ullrich, Axel ^c   Chait, Brian T ^a   Tarakhovsky, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; HISTONE H3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0037320925     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni876     Document Type: Article

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