Ezh2 is required for neural crest-derived cartilage and bone formation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 867-877

  Schwarz, Daniel ^a   Varum, Sandra ^a   Zemke, Martina ^a   Schöler, Anne ^b,e   Baggiolini, Arianna ^a   Draganova, Kalina ^a   Koseki, Haruhiko ^c   Schübeler, Dirk ^b,d   Sommer, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrogenesis; Epigenetic regulation; Ezh2; Mouse; Neural crest; Osteogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CATALYST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SKELETON; VERTEBRATE;

CHONDROGENESIS; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; EZH2; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; OSTEOGENESIS;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FACIAL BONES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEURAL CREST; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893332507     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.094342     Document Type: Article

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