Silencing of Germline-Expressed Genes by DNA Elimination in Somatic Cells

Developmental Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1072-1080

  Wang, Jianbin ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^c   Thorne, Alicia ^a   Magrini, Vincent ^b   Koutsovoulos, Georgios ^d   Kumar, Sujai ^d   Blaxter, Mark L ^d   Davis, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ELIMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CHROMATIN; DNA BREAKS; DNA, HELMINTH; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; MALE; RNA, HELMINTH;

ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 84869090330     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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