Small RNA guides for de novo DNA methylation in mammalian germ cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 970-975

  Aravin, Alexei A ^a   Bourc'his, Déborah ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; piRNA; Piwi; Retrotransposon; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 42149171774     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1669408     Document Type: Review

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