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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Albert Cheng
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30748 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Dawlaty Meelad M MM Ganz Kibibi K Powell Benjamin E BE Hu Yueh-Chiang YC Markoulaki Styliani S Cheng Albert W AW Gao Qing Q Kim Jongpil J Choi Sang-Woon SW Page David C DC Jaenisch Rudolf R
Cell stem cell 20110801 2
The Tet family of enzymes (Tet1/2/3) converts 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC). Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) highly express Tet1 and have an elevated level of 5hmC. Tet1 has been implicated in ESC maintenance and lineage specification in vitro but its precise function in development is not well defined. To establish the role of Tet1 in pluripotency and development, we have generated Tet1 mutant mESCs and mice. Tet1(-/-) ESCs have reduced levels of 5hmC and subtle ch ...[more]