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UTX and UTY demonstrate histone demethylase-independent function in mouse embryonic development.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Shpargel Karl B, Sengoku Toru, Yokoyama Shigeyuki, Magnuson Terry
Abstract excerpt
UTX (KDM6A) and UTY are homologous X and Y chromosome members of the Histone H3 Lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylase gene family. UTX can demethylate H3K27; however, in vitro assays suggest that human UTY has lost enzymatic activity due to sequence divergence. We produced mouse mutations in both Utx and Uty. Homozygous Utx mutant female embryos are mid-gestational lethal with defects in neural tube, yolk sac, and...
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