The orphan nuclear receptor GCNF recruits DNA methyltransferase for Oct-3/4 silencing

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 845-851

  Sato, Noriko ^a   Kondo, Mitsumasa ^a   Arai, Ken ichi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Dnmt3; Oct 3 4; Silencing

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33646494025     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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