DNA CpG hypomethylation induces heterochromatin reorganization involving the histone variant macroH2A

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1607-1616

  Ma, Yinghong ^a   Jacobs, Stephanie B ^a   Jackson Grusby, Laurie ^b,d   Mastrangelo, Mary Ann ^b,e   Torres Betancourt, José A ^a   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^b,c   Rasmussen, Theodore P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromatin; Chromocenter; Dnmt1; MacroH2A; Methylation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H2A; PROTEIN DNMT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; INTERPHASE; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18844404733     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02291     Document Type: Article

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