Establishing pluripotency in early development

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1849, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 626-636

  Paranjpe, Sarita S ^a   Veenstra, Gert Jan C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Embryo; Methylation; Pluripotency; Zygotic genome activation

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H3; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; CHROMATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84927626047     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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