Epigenetic marking prepares the human HOXA cluster for activation during differentiation of pluripotent cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1174-1185

  Atkinson, Stuart P ^a,b   Koch, Christoph M ^c   Clelland, Gayle K ^c   Willcox, Sarah ^c   Fowler, Joanna C ^c   Stewart, Rebecca ^a,b   Lako, Majlinda ^a,b   Dunham, Ian ^c   Armstrong, Lyle ^a,b,d  

^a Middle East Institute

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryonal carcinoma cells; Embryonic stem cells; HOXA genes

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXA PROTEIN; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 47949094459     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0497     Document Type: Article

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