Genome-wide mapping of polycomb target genes unravels their roles in cell fate transitions

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1123-1136

  Bracken, Adrian P ^a   Dietrich, Nikolaj ^a   Pasini, Diego ^a   Hansen, Klaus H ^a   Helin, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Differentiation; Epigenetics; Polycomb; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EED PROTEIN, HUMAN; EZH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SUZ12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33646870495     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.381706     Document Type: Article

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