MIWI2 as an Effector of DNA Methylation and Gene Silencing in Embryonic Male Germ Cells

Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2819-2828

  Kojima Kita, Kanako ^a   Kuramochi Miyagawa, Satomi ^a,c   Nagamori, Ippei ^a   Ogonuki, Narumi ^d   Ogura, Atsuo ^d   Hasuwa, Hidetoshi ^e,g   Akazawa, Takashi ^f   Inoue, Norimitsu ^f   Nakano, Toru ^a,b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MILI PROTEIN; MIWI2 PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWIL4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC GERM CELL; GENE SILENCING; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; SPERMATOGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84991690899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.027     Document Type: Article

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