Imprinting of the mouse Igf2r gene depends on an intronic CpG island

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Wutz, Anton ^a   P Barlow, Denise ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CpG; Gametic imprinting; Igf2r

Indexed keywords

DNA; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSGENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; INTRONS; MALE; MICE;

EID: 0032565753     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00022-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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