Optimal histone H3 to linker histone H1 chromatin ratio is vital for mesodermal competence in Xenopus

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 853-860

  Lim, Chin Yan ^a   Reversade, Bruno ^a   Knowles, Barbara B ^a,b   Solter, Davor ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mesoderm differentiation; Nucleosome spacing; Xenopus development

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CHAPERONE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; MESSENGER RNA; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA PROBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; MESODERM; MORPHOLINOS; NODAL PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 84873181931     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.086611     Document Type: Article

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