Imprinting in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-342

  Jiang, Yong hui ^a   Tsai, Ting Fen ^a   Bressler, Jan ^a   Beaudet, Arthur L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

CHROMOSOME 15Q; FATHER; GENE MAPPING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032103697     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80091-9     Document Type: Article

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