Dynamics of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine during germ cell reprogramming

Cell Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Yamaguchi, Shinpei ^a   Hong, Kwonho ^a   Liu, Rui ^d   Inoue, Azusa ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Zhang, Kun ^d   Zhang, Yi ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; DNA demethylation; pericentric heterochromatin; primordial germ cells; reprogramming

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MICE;

EID: 84874655393     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.22     Document Type: Article

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