MLL2 conveys transcription-independent H3K4 trimethylation in oocytes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 73-82

  Hanna, Courtney W ^a,b   Taudt, Aaron ^c,d   Huang, Jiahao ^a   Gahurova, Lenka ^e,f   Kranz, Andrea ^g   Andrews, Simon ^a   Dean, Wendy ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^g   Colomé Tatché, Maria ^c,d,h   Kelsey, Gavin ^a,b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HISTONE METHYLATION; MARKER GENE; MLL2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 85042734707     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-017-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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