Epigenetic variation illustrated by DNA methylation patterns of the fragile-X gene FMR1

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1791-1801

  Stöger, Reinhard ^a   Kajimura, Tina M ^a   Brown, W Ted ^b   Laird, Charles D ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SULFITES; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030785355     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.11.1791     Document Type: Article

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