Bivalent histone modifications in early embryogenesis

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-386

  Vastenhouw, Nadine L ^a,d   Schier, Alexander F ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPERM; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84861982240     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.03.009     Document Type: Review

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