Loss of EZH2 results in precocious mammary gland development and activation of STAT5-dependent genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 8774-8789

  Yoo, Kyung Hyun ^a   Oh, Sumin ^a,b   Kang, Keunsoo ^a,b   Hensel, Tim ^a   Robinson, Gertraud W ^a   Hennighausen, Lothar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PROLACTIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; EZH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EZH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTONE CODE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER OF ZESTE HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTONE CODE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PREGNANCY; RNA POLYMERASE II; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85015332626     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv776     Document Type: Article

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