Large histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylated chromatin blocks distinguish differentiated from embryonic stem cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-250

  Wen, Bo ^a   Wu, Hao ^a,b   Shinkai, Yoichi ^c   Irizarry, Rafael A ^a,b   Feinberg, Andrew P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN K9; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HCT116 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LIVER; LYSINE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 59149083658     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.297     Document Type: Article

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