Dnmt3a1 upregulates transcription of distinct genes and targets chromosomal gene clusters for epigenetic silencing in mouse embryonic stem cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1577-1592

  Kotini, Andriana G ^a,b   Mpakali, Anastasia ^a,b   Agalioti, Theodora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A2; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LOCI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRETINOIN; UP-REGULATION; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 79953777376     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01093-10     Document Type: Article

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