Variation in the methylation profile and structure of Pax3 and Pax7 among different mouse strains and during expression

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Kay, P H ^a   Harmon, D ^a   Fletcher, S ^a   Ziman, M ^a   Jacobsen, P F ^b   Papadimitriou, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene transcription; Laboratory mice; Northern blotting; Paired box homeobox genes; Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOBOX; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031035701     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00572-0     Document Type: Article

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