Molecular determinants of nucleosome retention at CpG-rich sequences in mouse spermatozoa

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 868-875

  Erkek, Serap ^a,b,c   Hisano, Mizue ^a   Liang, Ching Yeu ^a,b   Gill, Mark ^a   Murr, Rabih ^a   Dieker, Jürgen ^d   Schübeler, Dirk ^a,b   Vlag, Johan Van Der ^d   Stadler, Michael B ^a,c   Peters, Antoine H F M ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84880179559     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2599     Document Type: Article

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