Concise review: Epigenetic mechanisms contribute to pluripotency and cell lineage determination of embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-9

  Gan, Qiong ^a   Yoshida, Tadashi ^a   McDonald, Oliver G ^a   Owens, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33846023317     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0383     Document Type: Review

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