DNA methylation and its role in the trophoblast cell lineage

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 231-238

  Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Momo O ^a   Shiota, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; DNA methylation; ICM; TE; TS cell

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; FERTILIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84904205839     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.140053st     Document Type: Article

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