Tet-mediated DNA hydroxymethylation regulates retinal neurogenesis by modulating cell-extrinsic signaling pathways

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Seritrakul, Pawat ^a,b   Gross, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BETA CATENIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT9B PROTEIN; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; DIOXYGENASE; TET2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TET3 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYDROXYMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGENETICS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; ORGANOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; AXON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RETINA; WNT SIGNALING; ZEBRA FISH;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIOXYGENASES; DNA METHYLATION; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTOME; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 85031038112     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006987     Document Type: Article

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