EZH2-mediated H3K27 trimethylation mediates neurodegeneration in ataxia-telangiectasia

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1745-1753

  Li, Jiali ^a   Hart, Ronald P ^a   Mallimo, Elyse M ^a   Swerdel, Mavis R ^a   Kusnecov, Alexander W ^a   Herrup, Karl ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 4; HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84888314641     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3564     Document Type: Article

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