An epigenetic switch ensures transposon repression upon dynamic loss of DNA methylation in embryonic stem cells

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue JANUARY2016, 2016, Pages

  Walter, Marius ^a,b,c,d   Teissandier, Aurélie ^a,b,c,d,e   Pérez Palacios, Raquel ^a,b,c,d   Bourc’His, Déborah ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; MICE;

EID: 84958568292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.11418.001     Document Type: Article

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