Histone Methylation Restrains the Expression of Subtype-Specific Genes during Terminal Neuronal Differentiation inCaenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Chaogu ^a   Karimzadegan, Siavash ^a   Chiang, Victor ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CEC 3 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HPL 2 PROTEIN; LIN 11 PROTEIN; LIN 61 PROTEIN; LYSINE; LYSINE 9; MET 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CEC 3 GENE; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EPIGENETICS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTONE METHYLATION; MET 2 GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUV B GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PQE 1 GENE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNC 4 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

EID: 84892735950     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004017     Document Type: Article

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