Not All H3K4 Methylations Are Created Equal: Mll2/COMPASS Dependency in Primordial Germ Cell Specification.

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Published in Mol Cell on February 02, 2017

Authors

Deqing Hu1, Xin Gao2, Kaixiang Cao3, Marc A Morgan3, Gloria Mas4, Edwin R Smith3, Andrew G Volk5, Elizabeth T Bartom3, John D Crispino6, Luciano Di Croce7, Ali Shilatifard8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
2: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
3: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
4: Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
5: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611.
6: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 320 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
7: Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
8: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 320 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: ash@northwestern.edu.

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