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20951019

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
Germ cells and somatic cells have the identical genome. However, unlike the mortal fate of somatic cells, germ cells have the unique ability to differentiate into gametes that retain totipotency and produce an entire organism upon fertilization. The processes by which germ cells differentiate into gametes, and those by which gametes become embryos, involve dramatic cellular differentiation accompanied by drastic changes in gene expression, which are tightly regulated by genetic circuitries as well as epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetic regulation refers to heritable changes in gene expression that are not due to changes in primary DNA sequence. The past decade has witnessed an ever-increasing understanding of epigenetic regulation in many different cell types/tissues during embryonic development and adult homeostasis. In this review, we focus on recent discoveries of epigenetic regulation of germ cell differentiation in various metazoan model organisms, including worms, flies, and mammals.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1879-0410
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
737-43
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic regulation of germ cell differentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural