Maternal and paternal genomes function independently in mouse ova in establishing expression of the imprinted genes Snrpn and Igf2r: No evidence for allelic trans-sensing and counting mechanisms

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6018-6025

  Szabó, Piroska E ^a   Mann, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgenetic; Embryo; Epigenetics; Imprinting; Parthenogenetic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; DIFFERENTIATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; LEARNING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIPLOIDY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029962709     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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