Regulation of mouse retroelement MuERV-L/MERVL expression by REX1 and epigenetic control of stem cell potency

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 4 FEB, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schoorlemmer, Jon ^a,b   Pérez Palacios, Raquel ^a   Climent, María ^c,d   Guallar, Diana ^a,e   Muniesa, Pedro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d Stem Cell Center   (Sweden)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental potential; Embryonic stem cells; MERVL; REX1 ZFP42; Two cell state

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CBX2 PROTEIN; CBX7 PROTEIN; CBX8 PROTEIN; GAG PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; KRAB ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LSD1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MPH1 PROTEIN; MPH2 PROTEIN; MPH3 PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PIWI PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RING 1A PROTEIN; RING 1B PROTEIN; RYBP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZFP42 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZSCAN4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUERV L MERVL GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETROPOSON; REX1 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84897981266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00014     Document Type: Article

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