DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in stem cells

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 161-173

  Cheng, Ying ^a   Xie, Nina ^a,b   Jin, Peng ^a   Wang, Tao ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Epigenetics; Hydroxymethylation; Methylation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TET PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE;

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84931071592     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3101     Document Type: Article

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