Setdb1-mediated H3K9 methylation is enriched on the inactive X and plays a role in its epigenetic silencing

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Keniry, Andrew ^a,b   Gearing, Linden J ^a,b   Jansz, Natasha ^a,b   Liu, Joy ^a   Holik, Aliaksei Z ^a,b   Hickey, Peter F ^a,b   Kinkel, Sarah A ^a,b   Moore, Darcy L ^a,b   Breslin, Kelsey ^a   Chen, Kelan ^a,b   Liu, Ruijie ^a   Phillips, Catherine ^a   Pakusch, Miha ^a   Biben, Christine ^a,b   Sheridan, Julie M ^a,b   Kile, Benjamin T ^a,b   Carmichael, Catherine ^a,b   Ritchie, Matthew E ^a,b   Hilton, Douglas J ^a,b   Blewitt, Marnie E ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epigenetic silencing; H3K9 methylation; Setdb1; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971264152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-016-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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