Epigenetic regulation of cardiac development and function by polycomb group and trithorax group proteins

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1021-1033

  Wang, Q Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Heart disease; Polycomb Group (PcG) and Trithorax Group (TrxG) proteins

Indexed keywords

BARRIER TO AUTOINTEGRATION FACTOR; BRG1 PROTEIN; BRM PROTEIN; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA HELICASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84861194045     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23796     Document Type: Article

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