Endogenous retroviruses - Keeping active endogenous retroviral-like elements in check: The epigenetic perspective

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3329-3347

  Maksakova, I A ^a,b   Mager, D L ^a,b   Reiss, D ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; LTR retrotransposon; Mouse development; Retroviral silencing; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HELICASE; HISTONE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PIWI PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS LIKE ELEMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RETROELEMENTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 55549102967     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8494-3     Document Type: Review

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