G9a, a multipotent regulator of gene expression

Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-22

  Shankar, Shilpa Rani ^a   Bahirvani, Avinash G ^a   Rao, Vinay Kumar ^a   Bharathy, Narendra ^a   Ow, Jin Rong ^a   Taneja, Reshma ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chromatin modifier; Differentiation; Gene expression; Histones; Methylation; Transcription; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

2 CYCLOHEXYL N (1 ISOPROPYL 4 PIPERIDINYL) 6 METHOXY 7 [3 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) PROPOXY] 4 QUINAZOLINAMINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; G9A PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HISTONE H3; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N (1 BENZYL 4 PIPERIDINYL) 2 (HEXAHYDRO 4 METHYL 1H 1, 4 DIAZEPIN 1 YL) 6, 7 DIMETHOXY 4 QUINAZOLINAMINE; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 84872033208     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.23331     Document Type: Review

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