Identification of a novel epigenetic regulatory region within the pluripotency associated microRNA cluster, EEmiRC

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3574-3581

  Tata, Purushothama R ^a   Tata, Nageswara R ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a   Sirbu, Ioan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY EMBRYONIC MICRORNA CLUSTER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MICE; MICRORNAS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79956003689     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1344     Document Type: Article

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