FANCB is essential in the male germline and regulates H3K9 methylation on the sex chromosomes during meiosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5234-5249

  Kato, Yasuko ^a,c,d   Alavattam, Kris G ^a,c   Sin, Ho Su ^a,c,e   Meetei, Amom Ruhikanta ^b,c   Pang, Qishen ^b,c   Andreassen, Paul R ^b,c   Namekawa, Satoshi H ^a,c  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP CB PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MDC1; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FANCB PROTEIN, MOUSE; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP D2 PROTEIN; HISTONE; MDC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FANCONI ANEMIA; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; GERM CELL; HISTONE METHYLATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP D2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 84940658079     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv244     Document Type: Article

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