Methylation of the promoter region may be involved in tissue-specific expression of the mouse terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Nourrit, Françoise ^a   Coquilleau, Isabelle ^a   D'Andon, Martine Fanton ^a   Rougeon, François ^a   Doyen, Noëlle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Methylation; Promoter; Terminal transferase; Thymus development; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033578788     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3079     Document Type: Article

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