SPR-5 and MET-2 function cooperatively to reestablish an epigenetic ground state during passage through the germ line

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 9509-9514

  Kerr, Shana C ^a,b   Ruppersburg, Chelsey Chandler ^b,c   Francis, Joshua W ^b,c   Katz, David J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MET 2 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SPR 5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HISTONE CODE; LONGEVITY; MET 2 GENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPR 5 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84903709623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321843111     Document Type: Article

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