Epigenetic control of cell fate in mouse blastocysts: The role of covalent histone modifications and chromatin remodeling

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-182

  Paul, Soumen ^a,b   Knott, Jason G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Histone modifications; Inner cell mass; Lineage commitment; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN REMODELING; HISTONE MODIFICATIONS; INNER CELL MASS; LINEAGE COMMITMENT; TROPHECTODERM;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; MICE;

EID: 84893713689     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22219     Document Type: Review

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