Histone crotonylation specifically marks the haploid male germ cell gene expression program: Post-meiotic male-specific gene expression

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Montellier, Emilie ^a   Rousseaux, Sophie ^a   Zhao, Yingming ^b,c   Khochbin, Saadi ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; H2A.X; H2A.Z; Histone variants; MacroH2A

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HISTONE CODE; HISTONE CROTONYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MITOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, X-LINKED; GENES, Y-LINKED; HAPLOIDY; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; MALE; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84857046239     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100141     Document Type: Article

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