A transcription factor-based mechanism for mouse heterochromatin formation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1023-1032

  Bulut Karslioglu, Aydan ^a   Perrera, Valentina ^a,b   Scaranaro, Manuela ^b   De La Rosa Velazquez, Inti Alberto ^a,b   Van De Nobelen, Suzanne ^a   Shukeir, Nicholas ^a   Popow, Johannes ^b,d   Gerle, Borbala ^b,e   Opravil, Susanne ^b   Pagani, Michaela ^b   Meidhof, Simone ^c   Brabletz, Thomas ^c   Manke, Thomas ^a   Lachner, Monika ^a   Jenuwein, Thomas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA, SATELLITE; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84867218450     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2382     Document Type: Article

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