The histone variant macroH2A is an epigenetic regulator of key developmental genes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1074-1079

  Buschbeck, Marcus ^a,d   Uribesalgo, Iris ^a   Wibowo, Indra ^a   Rué, Pau ^a,b   Martin, David ^a   Gutierrez, Arantxa ^a   Morey, Lluís ^a,e   Guigó, Roderic ^a   López Schier, Hernán ^a   Di Croce, Luciano ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer IMPPC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A1; HISTONE H2A2; HOX PROTEIN; POLYCOMB COMPLEX PROTEIN 2; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; X CHROMOSOME; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349804469     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1665     Document Type: Article

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