UTX and JMJD3 are histone H3K27 demethylases involved in HOX gene regulation and development

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7163, 2007, Pages 731-734

  Agger, Karl ^a,b   Cloos, Paul A C ^a,b   Christensen, Jesper ^a,b   Pasini, Diego ^a,b   Rose, Simon ^a   Rappsilber, Juri ^c   Issaeva, Irina ^d   Canaani, Eli ^d   Salcini, Anna Elisabetta ^a   Helin, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; JMJD3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTX PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOX GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 35148867907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06145     Document Type: Article

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