RNF40 regulates gene expression in an epigenetic context-dependent manner

Genome Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Xie, Wanhua ^a   Nagarajan, Sankari ^a   Baumgart, Simon J ^a   Kosinsky, Robyn Laura ^a   Najafova, Zeynab ^a   Kari, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Hennion, Magali ^b   Indenbirken, Daniela ^c   Bonn, Stefan ^b   Grundhoff, Adam ^c   Wegwitz, Florian ^a   Mansouri, Ahmed ^d,e   Johnsen, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad H3K4me3; Enhancer; Epigenetics; Ezh2; FOXL2; H2Bub1; RNF40

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; EZH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNF20 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EZH2 GENE; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; H2BUB1 GENE; H3K4ME3 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNF40 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ENHANCER OF ZESTE HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HISTONES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 85013073266     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1159-5     Document Type: Article

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