Epigenetic patterns maintained in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos can be established by gene activity in the parental germ cells

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Arico, Jackelyn K ^a   Katz, David J ^a   van der Vlag, Johan ^b   Kelly, William G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME XP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PROGENY; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; MALE;

EID: 79959834136     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001391     Document Type: Article

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