DNA methylation in ES cells requires the lysine methyltransferase G9a but not its catalytic activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2691-2701

  Dong, Kevin B ^a   Maksakova, Irina A ^a,b   Mohn, Fabio ^c   Leung, Danny ^a   Appanah, Ruth ^a   Lee, Sandra ^a   Yang, Hao W ^a   Lam, Lucia L ^a   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b   Schübeler, Dirk ^c   Tachibana, Makoto ^d   Shinkai, Yoichi ^d   Lorincz, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; ERV; H3K9 methylation; HP1

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE G9A; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 54349114603     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.193     Document Type: Article

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