EZH1 and EZH2 cogovern histone H3K27 trimethylation and are essential for hair follicle homeostasis and wound repair

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-498

  Ezhkova, Elena ^a   Lien, Wen Hui ^a   Stokes, Nicole ^a   Pasolli, H Amalia ^a   Silva, Jose M ^b   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Ezh1; Ezh2; Skin; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 K27; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P15; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMEOSTASIS; JUMONJI DOMAIN-CONTAINING HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; METHYLATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952220410     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.2019811     Document Type: Article

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