Downregulation of histone methyltransferase genes SUV39H1 and SUV39H2 increases telomere length in embryonic stem-like cells and embryonic fibroblasts in pigs

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Dang Nguyen, Thanh Quang ^a,b   Haraguchi, Seiki ^a   Furusawa, Tadashi ^c   Somfai, Tamas ^a   Kaneda, Masahiro ^a   Watanabe, Shinya ^a   Akagi, Satoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^c   Tajima, Atsushi ^b   Nagai, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem like cells; Fibroblasts; Knockdown; Pig; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SWINE; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SWINE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84874341320     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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