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Use of Histone K-M Mutants for the Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation in Mouse Zygotes.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2017
Aoshima Keisuke, Kimura Takashi, Okada Yuki
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Histone modifications are dramatically altered during the pronuclear (PN) stage of zygotes, and more markedly in paternal than maternal pronuclei. Among various types of histone modifications, lysine methylation exhibits the most dynamic changes in the PN stage . To analyze the physiological functions of histone methylations, it is therefore important to elucidate the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming....
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