Dnmt3a2 targets endogenous Dnmt3L to ES cell chromatin and induces regional DNA methylation

Genes to Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1225-1237

  Nimura, Keisuke ^a   Ishida, Chisaki ^a   Koriyama, Hiroshi ^a   Hata, Kenichiro ^b   Yamanaka, Shinya ^c   Li, En ^d,e   Ura, Kiyoe ^a   Kaneda, Yasufumi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3 LIKE PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A2; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TESTIS; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 33748894738     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2006.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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