Promoter CpG Methylation Contributes to ES Cell Gene Regulation in Parallel with Oct4/Nanog, PcG Complex, and Histone H3 K4/K27 Trimethylation

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-169

  Fouse, Shaun D ^a   Shen, Yin ^a   Pellegrini, Matteo ^b   Cole, Steve ^b   Meissner, Alexander ^c   Van Neste, Leander ^d   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^c   Fan, Guoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

STEMCELL; SYSBIO

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K27; HISTONE H3K4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 38649126918     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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