The human chromosomal gene for necdin, a neuronal growth suppressor, in the Prader-Willi syndrome deletion region

Gene

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Nakada, Yuji ^a   Taniura, Hideo ^a   Uetsuki, Taichi ^a   Inazawa, Joji ^b   Yoshikawa, Kazuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain development; CpG island; Genomic imprinting; Methylation; Promoter

Indexed keywords

DNA; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENCER GENE; TATA BOX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENES; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MURINAE;

EID: 0032525844     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00206-6     Document Type: Article

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