A screen for hydroxymethylcytosine and formylcytosine binding proteins suggests functions in transcription and chromatin regulation

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Iurlaro, Mario ^a   Ficz, Gabriella ^b   Oxley, David ^a   Raiber, Eun Ang ^c   Bachman, Martin ^c,d   Booth, Michael J ^c   Andrews, Simon ^a   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^c,d,e   Reik, Wolf ^a,c,f  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 FORMYLCYTOSINE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CELL DNA; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN MHS6; EHMT1 PROTEIN; FOXI3 PROTEIN; FOXK1 PROTEIN; FOXK2 PROTEIN; FOXP1 PROTEIN; FOXP4 PROTEIN; L3MBTL2 PROTEIN; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; NURD PROTEIN; PROTEIN RPL26; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886035297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-10-r119     Document Type: Article

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