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Dual functions of Tet1 in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells

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  • Hao Wu

    (IDDRC at Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
    Present address: Cardiovascular Research Centre, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA and Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.)

  • Ana C. D’Alessio

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Shinsuke Ito

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Kai Xia

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Zhibin Wang

    (Laboratory of Human Environmental Epigenomes, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Kairong Cui

    (Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH)

  • Keji Zhao

    (Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH)

  • Yi Eve Sun

    (IDDRC at Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine)

  • Yi Zhang

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Abstract

Fine-tuning DNA methylation by Tet proteins The modified DNA base 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), sometimes called the sixth base, is present in the mammalian genome where it is generated by oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC; the fifth base) by enzymes of the Tet family. Four papers in this issue, from the Helin, Zhang, Rao and Reik laboratories, respectively, report on the genome-wide distribution of Tet1 and/or 5hmC in mouse embryonic stem cells using the ChIP-seq technique. Links between Tet1 and transcription regulation — both activation and repression — are revealed. Anjana Rao and colleagues also describe two alternative methods with increased sensitivity for mapping single 5hmC bases. In the associated News & Views, Nathalie Véron and Antoine H. F. M. Peters discuss what these and other recent papers reveal about the role of Tet proteins in regulating DNA methylation and gene expression.

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  • Hao Wu & Ana C. D’Alessio & Shinsuke Ito & Kai Xia & Zhibin Wang & Kairong Cui & Keji Zhao & Yi Eve Sun & Yi Zhang, 2011. "Dual functions of Tet1 in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells," Nature, Nature, vol. 473(7347), pages 389-393, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:473:y:2011:i:7347:d:10.1038_nature09934
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09934
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