Histone H4K20me3 and HP1α are late heterochromatin markers in development, but present in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1878-1890

  Wongtawan, Tuempong ^a,b,c   Taylor, Jane E ^a   Lawson, Kirstie A ^d   Wilmut, Ian ^a   Pennings, Sari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; ES cells; Heterochromatin; Histone methylation

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHROMOBOX HOMOLOG 5; HISTONE H4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORULA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 79958152841     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.080721     Document Type: Article

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