Methylation of genomes and genes at the invertebrate-vertebrate boundary

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1469-1475

  Tweedie, Susan ^a   Charlton, Jillian ^a   Clark, Victoria ^a   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYCLOSTOME; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; HAGFISH; INVERTEBRATA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031027468     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1469     Document Type: Article

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