DNA methyltransferase3A as a molecular switch mediating the neural tube-to-neural crest fate transition

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2380-2385

  Hu, Na ^a   Strobl Mazzulla, Pablo ^b   Sauka Spengler, Tatjana ^c   Bronner, Marianne E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNMT3A; Neural crest; Neural tube; Sox2; Sox3

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE GROWTH; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE;

EID: 84868519673     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.198747.112     Document Type: Article

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