Parental allele-specific chromatin configuration in a boundary- imprinting-control element upstream of the mouse H19 gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2556-2566

  Khosla, Sanjeev ^a   Aitchison, Alan ^a   Gregory, Richard ^a   Allen, Nicholas D ^a   Feil, Robert ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; FATHER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITY; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032963598     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.2556     Document Type: Article

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