H3K79 methylation directly precedes the histone-to-protamine transition in mammalian spermatids and is sensitive to bacterial infections

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 655-665

  Dottermusch Heidel, C ^a   Klaus, E S ^a   Gonzalez, N H ^a   Bhushan, S ^b   Meinhardt, A ^b   Bergmann, M ^b   Renkawitz Pohl, R ^a   Rathke, C ^a   Steger, K ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DOT1L; Epigenetics; H3K79 methylation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K79; HISTONE H4; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSITION PROTEIN TNP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DOT1L PROTEIN, HUMAN; HISTONE; ISOPROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SPERMATID TRANSITION PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIDIDYMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIDIDYMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORCHITIS; PROTAMINES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84906060641     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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