Max is a repressor of germ cell-related gene expression in mouse embryonic stem cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Maeda, Ikuma ^a   Okamura, Daiji ^a,e   Tokitake, Yuko ^a   Ikeda, Makiko ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroko ^a   Mise, Nathan ^b,f   Abe, Kuniya ^b   Noce, Toshiaki ^c   Okuda, Akihiko ^d   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K9 METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GERM CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84877730886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2780     Document Type: Article

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