EZH1 Mediates Methylation on Histone H3 Lysine 27 and Complements EZH2 in Maintaining Stem Cell Identity and Executing Pluripotency

Molecular Cell

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Shen, Xiaohua ^a   Liu, Yingchun ^b   Hsu, Yu Jung ^a   Fujiwara, Yuko ^a   Kim, Jonghwan ^a,c   Mao, Xiaohong ^d   Yuan, Guo Cheng ^b   Orkin, Stuart H ^a,c,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; DNA; STEMCELL

Indexed keywords

EZH1 PROTEIN; EZH2 PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REGULATOR; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 55949124844     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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