DNMT3L promotes quiescence in postnatal spermatogonial progenitor cells

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2402-2413

  Liao, Hung Fu ^a,b   Chen, Wendy S C ^a   Chen, Yu Hsiang ^a   Kao, Tzu Hao ^a   Tseng, Yen Tzu ^a   Lee, Chien Yueh ^a   Chiu, Yu Chiao ^a   Lee, Pei Lung ^a   Lin, Qian Jia ^c   Ching, Yung Hao ^d   Hata, Kenichiro ^e   Cheng, Winston T K ^f   Tsai, Mong Hsun ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^g   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a   Wu, Shinn Chih ^a   Huang, Yen Hua ^c   Yen, Pauline ^b   Lin, Shau Ping ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DNMT3L; Mouse; Proliferation; Quiescence; Spermatogonial progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3 LIKE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SAL LIKE PROTEIN 4A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL SPERMATOGONIAL PROGENITOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUIESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STEM CELL; TESTIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DNMT3L; MOUSE; PROLIFERATION; QUIESCENCE; SPERMATOGONIAL PROGENITOR CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84902202454     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.105130     Document Type: Article

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