Epigenetic Aspects of Fertilization and Preimplantation Development in Mammals: Lessons from the Mouse

The Fascinating World of RNA Interference

(2012) Afsar Raza Naqvi et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Epigenetic reprogramming of the male genome during gametogenesis and in the zygote

(2010) S Rousseaux et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Active DNA Demethylation Mediated by DNA Glycosylases

(2009) Jian-Kang Zhu   Annual Review of Genetics

The Histone Demethylase JMJD2C Is Stage-Specifically Expressed in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos and Is Required for Embryonic Development1

(2009) Jianle Wang et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

SnapShot: Mouse piRNAs, PIWI Proteins, and the Ping-Pong Cycle

(2009) Jogender S. Tushir et al.   CELL

Origins and Mechanisms of miRNAs and siRNAs

(2009) Richard W. Carthew et al.   CELL

Transcription is required for establishment of germline methylation marks at imprinted genes

(2009) M. Chotalia et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Changes in allele-specific association of histone modifications at the imprinting control regions during mouse preimplantation development

(2009) Jin-Moon Kim et al.   GENESIS

Testis-Specific Histone Variants H2AL1/2 Rapidly Disappear from Paternal Heterochromatin after Fertilization

(2009) Fang WU et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Spermatozoal RNAs: What about their functions?

(2009) Jean-Pierre Dadoune   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Biogenesis of small RNAs in animals

(2009) V. Narry Kim et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

X chromosome inactivation in the absence of Dicer

(2009) C. Kanellopoulou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic changes in paternal X-chromosome activity during imprinted X-chromosome inactivation in mice

(2009) C. Patrat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

5-AZA-2′-deoxycytidine (5-AZA-CdR) leads to down-regulation of Dnmt1o and gene expression in preimplantation mouse embryos

(2009) Jian-Ning Yu et al.   ZYGOTE

Diversity and evolution of MicroRNA gene clusters

(2009) YanFeng Zhang et al.   Science in China. Series C, Life sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences

The cell biology of DNA methylation in mammals

(2008) Egor Prokhortchouk et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

The histone H1 family: specific members, specific functions?

(2008) Annalisa Izzo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

DNA Hypomethylation Circuit of the Mouse Oocyte-Specific Histone H1foo Gene in Female Germ Cell Lineage1

(2008) Chiaki Maeda et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Non-coding RNAs in imprinted gene clusters

(2008) Hélène Royo et al.   BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Preimplantation expression of the somatic form of Dnmt1 suggests a role in the inheritance of genomic imprints

(2008) M Cecilia Cirio et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

X Inactivation Counting and Choice Is a Stochastic Process: Evidence for Involvement of an X-Linked Activator

(2008) Kim Monkhorst et al.   CELL

A proximal conserved repeat in the Xist gene is essential as a genomic element for X-inactivation in mouse

(2008) Y. Hoki et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) regulates histone acetylation, development, and gene expression in preimplantation mouse embryos

(2008) Pengpeng Ma et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Polycomb Group Proteins Ezh2 and Rnf2 Direct Genomic Contraction and Imprinted Repression in Early Mouse Embryos

(2008) Rémi Terranova et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Determination of microRNAs in mouse preimplantation embryos by microarray

(2008) Yanhong Yang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

DNA methylation of retrotransposon genes is regulated by Piwi family members MILI and MIWI2 in murine fetal testes

(2008) S. Kuramochi-Miyagawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Maternal and zygotic Dnmt1 are necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of DNA methylation imprints during preimplantation development

(2008) R. Hirasawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

De novoDNA methylation independent establishment of maternal imprint on X chromosome in mouse oocytes

(2008) Hatsune Chiba et al.   GENESIS

Hypomethylation of paternal DNA in the late mouse zygote is not essential for development

(2008) Zbigniew Polanski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Maternal Argonaute 2 Is Essential for Early Mouse Development at the Maternal-Zygotic Transition

(2008) Karin Lykke-Andersen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Kcnq1ot1 Antisense Noncoding RNA Mediates Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Silencing through Chromatin-Level Regulation

(2008) Radha Raman Pandey et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Expression of microRNA processing machinery genes in rhesus monkey oocytes and embryos of different developmental potentials

(2008) Namdori R. Mtango et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Genomic imprinting mechanisms in mammals

(2008) Folami Y. Ideraabdullah et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes

(2008) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   NATURE

Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes

(2008) Oliver H. Tam et al.   NATURE

PRC1 and Suv39h specify parental asymmetry at constitutive heterochromatin in early mouse embryos

(2008) Mareike Puschendorf et al.   NATURE GENETICS

MicroRNAs control de novo DNA methylation through regulation of transcriptional repressors in mouse embryonic stem cells

(2008) Lasse Sinkkonen et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nucleosome repeat length and linker histone stoichiometry determine chromatin fiber structure

(2008) Andrew Routh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Coupling of Xist Regulation and Pluripotency

(2008) P. Navarro et al.   SCIENCE

Polycomb Proteins Targeted by a Short Repeat RNA to the Mouse X Chromosome

(2008) J. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Maintenance of genomic methylation patterns during preimplantation development requires the somatic form of DNA methyltransferase 1

(2007) Yukiko Kurihara et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY