Promoter DNA methylation couples genome-defence mechanisms to epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germline

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3623-3632

  Hackett, Jamie A ^a,e   Reddington, James P ^a   Nestor, Colm E ^a,b   Dunican, Donncha S ^a   Branco, Miguel R ^c,d   Reichmann, Judith ^a   Reik, Wolf ^c,d   Surani, M Azim ^e   Adams, Ian R ^a   Meehan, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic reprogramming; Genome defence; Mouse

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE H3; LYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASZ1 GENE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MALE; MILI GENE; MOUSE; MOV10L1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TEX19.1 GENE; TEX19.2 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOPROTECTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; GERM CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84865843074     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.081661     Document Type: Article

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