PGC7, H3K9me2 and Tet3: regulators of DNA methylation in zygotes

In zygotes, a global loss of DNA methylation occurs selectively in the paternal pronucleus before the first cell division, concomitantly with the appearance of modified forms of 5-m- ethylcytosine. The adjacent maternal pronucleus and certain paternallyimprinted loci are protected from this process....

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Veröffentlicht in:Cell research 2013-01, Vol.23 (1), p.6-9
Hauptverfasser: Kang, Jinsuk, Kalantry, Sundeep, Rao, Anjana
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In zygotes, a global loss of DNA methylation occurs selectively in the paternal pronucleus before the first cell division, concomitantly with the appearance of modified forms of 5-m- ethylcytosine. The adjacent maternal pronucleus and certain paternallyimprinted loci are protected from this process. Nakamura et al. recently clarified the molecular mechanism involved: PGC7/Stella/Dppa3 binds to dimethylated histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9me2),
ISSN:1001-0602
1748-7838
DOI:10.1038/cr.2012.117