Epigenetic regulation of surfactant protein a gene (SP-A) expression in fetal lung reveals a critical role for Suv39h methyltransferases during development and hypoxia

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1949-1958

  Benlhabib, Houda ^a   Mendelson, Carole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EPIGENETICS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYCLIC AMP; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79956107316     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01063-10     Document Type: Article

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