Increased apoptosis and skewed differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells lacking the histone methyltransferase Mll2

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2356-2366

  Lubitz, Sandra ^a   Glaser, Stefan ^a,c   Schaft, Julia ^a,d   Stewart, A Francis ^a   Anastassiadis, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Sydney IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE MLL2; LYSINE; PROTEIN WBP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BCL2 GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LAYER; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MLL2 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCT4 GENE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MYOCARDIUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 34250321317     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-11-1060     Document Type: Article

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