Dynamics of DOT1L localization and H3K79 methylation during meiotic prophase I in mouse spermatocytes

Chromosoma

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 147-164

  Ontoso, David ^a   Kauppi, Liisa ^b,c   Keeney, Scott ^b   San Segundo, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOT1 LIKE ENZYME; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; H3K79ME PROTEIN; H3K79ME1 PROTEIN; H3K79ME2 PROTEIN; H3K79ME3 PROTEIN; HISTONE 3.3; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; LYSINE 79; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIC CENTROMERIC REGION; HISTONE 3 AT LYSINE 79 DIMETHYLATION; HISTONE 3 AT LYSINE 79 MONOMETHYLATION; HISTONE 3 AT LYSINE 79 TRIMETHYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX BODY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897560870     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0438-5     Document Type: Article

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