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ra0001p002 | Embryo | WCRB2014

CHD1 is the zygotic determinant of Oct4 and Cdx2 expression via the Hmgpi pathway during preimplantation development

Suzuki Shinnosuke , Nozawa Yusuke , Tsukamoto Satoshi , Kaneko Takehito , Imai Hiroshi , Minami Naojiro

Chromatin remodeling factor chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 1 (CHD1) is a protein belonging to the family of ATPase dependent chromatin remodeling factors and recognizes tri-methylated lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me3) in chromatin. Histone methylation is one of the epigenetic modifications involved in gene regulation and H3K4me3 is associated with a transcriptionally permissive state of chromatin. It has been shown that CHD1 facilitates pre-mRNA splicing, and is requ...