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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Raja Jothi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-34267 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Freudenberg Johannes M JM Ghosh Swati S Lackford Brad L BL Yellaboina Sailu S Zheng Xiaofeng X Li Ruifang R Cuddapah Suresh S Wade Paul A PA Hu Guang G Jothi Raja R
Nucleic acids research 20111230 8
The TET family of FE(II) and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent enzymes (Tet1/2/3) promote DNA demethylation by converting 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), which they further oxidize into 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine. Tet1 is robustly expressed in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) and has been implicated in mESC maintenance. Here we demonstrate that, unlike genetic deletion, RNAi-mediated depletion of Tet1 in mESCs led to a significant reduction in 5hmC and loss of mESC iden ...[more]