Epigenetic modification and uniparental inheritance of H19 in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-359

  Catchpoole, Daniel ^a   Lam, Wayne W K ^a,b   Valler, Debbie ^c   Temple, I Karen ^d   Joyce, Johanna A ^a   Reik, Wolf ^e   Schofield, Paul N ^a   Maher, Eamonn R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; H19; Uniparental inheritance

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P57; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSAICISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 0030988472     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.5.353     Document Type: Article

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