E2f6-mediated repression of the meiotic Stag3 and Smc1β genes during early embryonic development requires Ezh2 and not the de novo methyltransferase Dnmt3b

Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 873-884

  Leseva, Milena ^a   Santostefano, Katherine E ^a   Rosenbluth, Amy L ^a   Hamazaki, Takashi ^a,b   Terada, Naohiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; E2f6; Embryonic development; Ezh2; Germline genes; Stem cells; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 11; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 5; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN; SLC25A31 PROTEIN; SMC1 BETA PROTEIN; STAG3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

DNA METHYLATION; E2F6; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EZH2; GERMLINE GENES; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL SILENCING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; E2F6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE SILENCING; GERM LAYERS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84881018011     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.25522     Document Type: Article

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