Cytosine methylation and the unequal developmental potentials of the oocyte and sperm genomes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1269-1273

  Bestor, Timothy H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; GAMETOGENESIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; OOCYTE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM;

EID: 0031781179     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301891     Document Type: Article

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