Competition - A common motif for the imprinting mechanism?

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 6899-6905

  Barlow, Denise P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expression competition; Imprinting mechanism; Monoallelic expression

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILENT GENE; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0030670449     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.23.6899     Document Type: Review

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