Functions of DNA methyltransferase 3-like in germ cells and beyond

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 571-587

  Liao, Hung Fu ^a,b   Tai, Kang Yu ^a,c   Chen, Wendy S C ^a   Cheng, Luca C W ^a   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a   Lin, Shau Ping ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^d AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DNA Methyltransferases; Genomic Imprinting; Histone; PiRNA; Retrotransposons

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; RETROELEMENTS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84866934046     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201100109     Document Type: Review

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