Epigenetic mechanisms regulate stem cell expressed genes Pou5f1 and Gfra1 in a male germ cell line

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Godmann, Maren ^a   May, Erin ^a   Kimmins, Sarah ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; HISTONE H3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; MOUSE; MYOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

EID: 77958546988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012727     Document Type: Article

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