DNA methylation pattern of a tandemly repeated lacZ transgene indicates that most copies are silent

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-138

  Lau, Stephen ^a   Jardine, Karen ^b   McBurney, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene inactivation; Oogenesis; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LAC Z; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033043031     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199906)215:2<126::AID-DVDY5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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