DNA demethylation is necessary for the epigenetic reprogramming of somatic cell nuclei

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 984-990

  Simonsson, Stina ^a   Gurdon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOMATIC CELL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 5444238192     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1176     Document Type: Article

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