The SET-2/SET1 histone H3K4 methyltransferase maintains pluripotency in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline

Cell Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 443-450

  Robert, Valérie J ^a   Mercier, Marine G ^a   Bedet, Cécile ^a   Janczarski, Stéphane ^a   Merlet, Jorge ^b   Garvis, Steve ^a   Ciosk, Rafal ^b   Palladino, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ASH-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; WDR-5.1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH 2 GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SET 2 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; WDR 5.1 GENE; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84919860976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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