Epigenetic silencing of the c-fms locus during B-lymphopoiesis occurs in discrete steps and is reversible

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4275-4285

  Tagoh, Hiromi ^a   Schebesta, Alexandra ^b   Lefevre, Pascal ^a   Wilson, Nicola ^a   Hume, David ^c   Busslinger, Meinrad ^b   Bonifer, Constanze ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; c fms locus; Chromatin; Gene silencing; Pax5

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; NUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; C FMS GENE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FMS; HISTONES; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ANTISENSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 9144222659     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600421     Document Type: Article

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