Gene silencing by DNA methylation and dual inheritance in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1081-1088

  Paulin, R P ^a,b   Ho, T ^a   Balzer, H J ^a,c   Holliday, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Med Chem Laboratory Prof Seelig   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINOPURINE; ADENINE; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOPTERIN; AZACITIDINE; BISULFITE; DEOXYCYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ASSAY; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENT GENE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CPG ISLANDS; CRICETINAE; DEOXYCYTOSINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031745645     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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