Epidermal stem cells are defined by global histone modifications that are altered by Myc-induced differentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Frye, Michaela ^a   Fisher, Amanda G ^b   Watt, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; MYC PROTEIN; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; KERATINOCYTES; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34848864644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000763     Document Type: Article

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