Meisetz, a novel histone tri-methyltransferase, regulates meiosis-specific epigenesis

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Hayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histone methylation; Meiosis; PR SET domain; Primordial germ cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE TRI METHYLTRANSFERASE; MEISETZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROPHASE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 33645284693     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.6.2572     Document Type: Review

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