Methyl CpG-binding proteins induce large-scale chromatin reorganization during terminal differentiation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 733-743

  Brero, Alessandro ^a,b   Easwaran, Hariharan P ^b   Nowak, Danny ^b   Grunewald, Ingrid ^b   Cremer, Thomas ^a   Leonhardt, Heinrich ^a,b   Cardoso, M Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 22344441631     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200502062     Document Type: Article

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