Cellular dynamics associated with the genome-wide epigenetic reprogramming in migrating primordial germ cells in mice

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2627-2638

  Sekl, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamaji, Masashi ^a,b   Yabuta, Yukihiro ^a   Sano, Mitsue ^a,c   Shigeta, Mayo ^a   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^d   Saga, Yumiko ^e   Tachibana, Makoto ^b   Shinkai, Yoichi ^b   Saitou, Mitinori ^a,b,f  

^a RIKEN KOBE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Mouse; Primordial germ cells (PGCs); Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NANOS PROTEIN 3; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME REPRESSION; EPIGENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EMBRYO; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; G2 PHASE; GERM CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 34447522791     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.005611     Document Type: Article

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