Martín Caballero, I;
Hansen, J;
Leaford, D;
Pollard, S;
Hendrich, BD;
(2009)
The methyl-CpG binding proteins Mecp2, Mbd2 and Kaiso are dispensable for mouse embryogenesis, but play a redundant function in neural differentiation.
PLoS One
, 4
(1)
, Article e4315. 10.1371/journal.pone.0004315.
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Abstract
The precise molecular changes that occur when a neural stem (NS) cell switches from a programme of self-renewal to commit towards a specific lineage are not currently well understood. However it is clear that control of gene expression plays an important role in this process. DNA methylation, a mark of transcriptionally silent chromatin, has similarly been shown to play important roles in neural cell fate commitment in vivo. While DNA methylation is known to play important roles in neural specification during embryonic development, no such role has been shown for any of the methyl-CpG binding proteins (Mecps) in mice.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The methyl-CpG binding proteins Mecp2, Mbd2 and Kaiso are dispensable for mouse embryogenesis, but play a redundant function in neural differentiation. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004315 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004315 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2009 Martín Caballero et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC2627903 This work was funded by a University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences PhD Studentship to IMC, a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship to BH, and by the EU Framework 6 Integrated Project EuroStemCell. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |
| Keywords: | Animals, Animals, Newborn, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, DNA-Binding Proteins, Embryonic Development, Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Neurons, Stem Cells, Transcription Factors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/96097 |
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