The histone methyltransferase ESET is required for the survival of spermatogonial stem/progenitor cells in mice

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  An, J ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Qin, J ^a   Wan, Y ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Liu, T ^a   Li, J ^a   Dong, W ^a   Du, E ^a   Pan, C ^a   Zeng, W ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ESET; H3K9me3; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE ESET; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 2L1; PROTEIN COX4I2; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; SETDB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HISTONE METHYLATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901063996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.171     Document Type: Article

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