Tissue and site-specific methylation correlates with expression of the mouse lactoferrin gene

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Grant, D J ^a   Shi, H ^a   Teng, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LACTOFERRIN; LIVER; LUNG; METHYLATION; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SPLEEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERUS;

EID: 0032798736     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0230045     Document Type: Article

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