The histone H2A deubiquitinase Usp16 regulates embryonic stem cell gene expression and lineage commitment

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Wei ^a   Lee, Yun Hwa ^b   Jones, Amanda E ^a   Woolnough, Jessica L ^a   Zhou, Dewang ^a   Dai, Qian ^c   Wu, Qiang ^b   Giles, Keith E ^a   Townes, Tim M ^a   Wang, Hengbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUBIQUITINASE; HISTONE H2A; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USP16 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; USP16 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE DEUBIQUITINATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHAL GENE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 84899820221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4818     Document Type: Article

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