A current view of the epigenome in mouse primordial germ cells

Stage-Specific Roles for Tet1 and Tet2 in DNA Demethylation in Primordial Germ Cells

(2013) John J. Vincent et al.   Cell Stem Cell

In Vivo Epigenomic Profiling of Germ Cells Reveals Germ Cell Molecular Signatures

(2013) Jia-Hui Ng et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

High-resolution DNA methylome analysis of primordial germ cells identifies gender-specific reprogramming in mice

(2013) H. Kobayashi et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Molecular determinants of nucleosome retention at CpG-rich sequences in mouse spermatozoa

(2013) Serap Erkek et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Max is a repressor of germ cell-related gene expression in mouse embryonic stem cells

(2013) Ikuma Maeda et al.   Nature Communications

Tet family proteins and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in development and disease

(2012) L. Tan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Promoter DNA methylation couples genome-defence mechanisms to epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germline

(2012) J. A. Hackett et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Replication-coupled passive DNA demethylation for the erasure of genome imprints in mice

(2012) Saya Kagiwada et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Global profiling of DNA methylation erasure in mouse primordial germ cells

(2012) S. Guibert et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The Dynamics of Genome-wide DNA Methylation Reprogramming in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells

(2012) Stefanie Seisenberger et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Tet1 controls meiosis by regulating meiotic gene expression

(2012) Shinpei Yamaguchi et al.   NATURE

The H3K27 demethylase Utx regulates somatic and germ cell epigenetic reprogramming

(2012) Abed AlFatah Mansour et al.   NATURE

AID/APOBEC deaminases disfavor modified cytosines implicated in DNA demethylation

(2012) Christopher S Nabel et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Excision of 5-hydroxymethyluracil and 5-carboxylcytosine by the thymine DNA glycosylase domain: its structural basis and implications for active DNA demethylation

(2012) Hideharu Hashimoto et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recognition and potential mechanisms for replication and erasure of cytosine hydroxymethylation

(2012) Hideharu Hashimoto et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Implication of DNA Demethylation and Bivalent Histone Modification for Selective Gene Regulation in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells

(2012) Kentaro Mochizuki et al.   PLoS One

Germline DNA Demethylation Dynamics and Imprint Erasure Through 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine

(2012) J. A. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Primordial Germ Cells in Mice

(2012) M. Saitou et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Hydroxylation of 5-Methylcytosine by TET1 Promotes Active DNA Demethylation in the Adult Brain

(2011) Junjie U. Guo et al.   CELL

Genomic imprinting in mammals: its life cycle, molecular mechanisms and reprogramming

(2011) Yufeng Li et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Mechanisms and functions of Tet protein-mediated 5-methylcytosine oxidation

(2011) H. Wu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA

(2011) Y.-F. He et al.   SCIENCE

Tet Proteins Can Convert 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Formylcytosine and 5-Carboxylcytosine

(2011) S. Ito et al.   SCIENCE

5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in the mammalian zygote is linked with epigenetic reprogramming

(2011) Mark Wossidlo et al.   Nature Communications

Epigenetic profiles in primordial germ cells: Global modulation and fine tuning of the epigenome for acquisition of totipotency

(2010) Kentaro Mochizuki et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Genome-wide erasure of DNA methylation in mouse primordial germ cells is affected by AID deficiency

(2010) Christian Popp et al.   NATURE

Prdm9 Controls Activation of Mammalian Recombination Hotspots

(2010) E. D. Parvanov et al.   SCIENCE

Drive Against Hotspot Motifs in Primates Implicates the PRDM9 Gene in Meiotic Recombination

(2010) S. Myers et al.   SCIENCE

PRDM9 Is a Major Determinant of Meiotic Recombination Hotspots in Humans and Mice

(2010) F. Baudat et al.   SCIENCE

A Signaling Principle for the Specification of the Germ Cell Lineage in Mice

(2009) Yasuhide Ohinata et al.   CELL

Reprogramming towards pluripotency requires AID-dependent DNA demethylation

(2009) Nidhi Bhutani et al.   NATURE

H3K64 trimethylation marks heterochromatin and is dynamically remodeled during developmental reprogramming

(2009) Sylvain Daujat et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Requirement of Oct3/4 function for germ cell specification

(2008) Daiji Okamura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Chromatin dynamics during epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line

(2008) Petra Hajkova et al.   NATURE

Critical function of Prdm14 for the establishment of the germ cell lineage in mice

(2008) Masashi Yamaji et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Epigenetic events in mammalian germ-cell development: reprogramming and beyond

(2008) Hiroyuki Sasaki et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Heterogeneity in imprinted methylation patterns of pluripotent embryonic germ cells derived from pre-migratory mouse germ cells

(2007) Tanya C. Shovlin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dynamic Regulation of Mitotic Arrest in Fetal Male Germ Cells

(2007) Patrick S. Western et al.   STEM CELLS