DNA methyltransferase in normal and Dnmt(n)/Dnmt(n) mouse embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-247

  Trasler, Jacquetta M ^a,b   Trasler, Daphne G ^a   Bestor, Timothy H ^c   Li, En ^d   Ghibu, Felicia ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; DNA methylation; Mouse; Postimplantation development

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTRULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSINE; DECIDUA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029929142     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199607)206:3<239::AID-AJA2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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