Polymorphic and tissue-specific imprinting of the human Wilms tumor gene, WT1

Japanese Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 205-211

  Nishiwaki, Kunihiko ^a   Niikawa, Norio ^a,b   Ishikawa, Mutsuo ^a,c  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

paternal imprinting; polymorphism; tissue specific monoallelic expression; Wilms tumor gene; WT1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030920665     PISSN: 09168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02766923     Document Type: Article

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