Methylation levels at selected CpG sites in the factor VIII and FGFR3 genes, in mature female and male germ cells: Implications for male-driven evolution

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1001-1008

  El Maarri, Osman ^a,c,f   Olek, Alexander ^c   Balaban, Basak ^b   Montag, Markus ^d   Van Der Ven, Hans ^d   Urman, Bulent ^b   Olek, Klaus ^e   Hande Caglayan, S ^a   Walter, Jörn ^c   Oldenburg, Johannes ^f  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d Inst f Endokrinol und R   (Germany)

^e Inst F Molekularbiologische Diagn   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032231903     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302065     Document Type: Article

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