Elucidation of the Fanconi Anemia Protein Network in Meoisis and Its Function in the Regulation of Histone Modifications

Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1141-1157

  Alavattam, Kris G ^a,c   Kato, Yasuko ^a,c,d   Sin, Ho Su ^a,c,e   Maezawa, So ^a,c   Kowalski, Ian J ^a,c,f   Zhang, Fan ^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)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage response; DNA repair; epigenetics; Fanconi anemia; germ cells; meiosis; meiotic sex chromosome inactivation; sex chromosomes; spermatogenesis; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP A PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP C PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP D2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; RNF8 PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; LYSINE; MDC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RAD51 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; ANIMAL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP PROTEINS; HISTONES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYSINE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MICE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84994845821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.073     Document Type: Article

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