A novel imprinted gene, encoding a RING zinc-finger protein, and overlapping antisense transcript in the Prader-Willi syndrome critical region

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-793

  Jong, Michelle T C ^a,b   Gray, Todd A ^a   Ji, Yonggang ^a   Glenn, Christopher C ^b,c   Saitoh, Shinji ^a,d   Driscoll, Daniel J ^b   Nicholls, Robert D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CuraGen Corporation   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TESTIS;

EID: 0032896919     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.5.783     Document Type: Article

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