DBre1/dSet1-dependent pathway for histone H3K4 trimethylation has essential roles in controlling germline stem cell maintenance and germ cell differentiation in the Drosophila ovary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-181

  Xuan, Tao ^a   Xin, Tianchi ^a   He, Jie ^a   Tan, Jieqiong ^a   Gao, Yin ^a   Feng, Shiyun ^a   He, Lin ^a   Zhao, Gengchun ^a   Li, Mingfa ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DBre1; DSet1; Germ cell differentiation; GSC self renewal; H3K4 methylation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; H3K4 TRIMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN BRE1; PROTEIN SET1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BRE1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; SET PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DALLY GENE; DPP GENE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HISTONE METHYLATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878833748     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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