Early de novo DNA methylation and prolonged demethylation in the muscle lineage

Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-332

  Tsumagari, Koji ^a   Baribault, Carl ^b   Terragni, Jolyon ^c   Varley, Katherine E ^d   Gertz, Jason ^d   Pradhan, Sirharsa ^c   Badoo, Melody ^a   Crain, Charlene M ^a   Song, Lingyun ^e   Crawford, Gregory E ^e   Myers, Richard M ^d   Lacey, Michelle ^b   Ehrlich, Melanie ^f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; Alternative splicing; DNA methylation; DNasei hypersensitivity; Enhancers; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Histone H3 methylation; Muscle; Myoblasts; TET1

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENOMIC DNA; OBSCURIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84875734577     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.23989     Document Type: Article

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