Histone arginine methylation regulates pluripotency in the early mouse embryo

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7124, 2007, Pages 214-218

  Torres Padilla, Maria Elena ^a   Parfitt, David Emlyn ^a   Kouzarides, Tony ^a   Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; COACTIVATOR ASSOCIATED ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HISTONE H3; NANOG PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC MARKER; METHYLATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHIMERA; EPIGENETICS; INNER CELL MASS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; UPREGULATION;

CHIMAERIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846226977     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05458     Document Type: Article

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