Histone hypomethylation is an indicator of epigenetic plasticity in quiescent lymphocytes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4462-4472

  Baxter, Jonathan ^a   Sauer, Stephan ^a   Peters, Antoine ^b   John, Rosalind ^a   Williams, Ruth ^a   Caparros, Marie Laure ^a   Arney, Katharine ^a   Otte, Arie ^c   Jenuwein, Thomas ^b   Merkenschlager, Matthias ^a   Fisher, Amanda G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histone; Lymphocytes; Methylation; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; G0 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; KINETICS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20244375017     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600414     Document Type: Article

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