Promoter-specific insulin-like growth factor 2 gene imprinting in human fetal liver and hepatoblastoma

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Yun, Kankatsu ^a   Jinno, Yoshihiro ^b   Sohda, Tetsuro ^c   Niikawa, Norio ^b   Ikeda, Takayoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal liver; Genomic imprinting; H19; Hepatoblastoma; IGF2; In situ hybridization; Promoter usage; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; CHILD; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031751475     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199805)185:1<91::AID-PATH44>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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