Asynchronous replication of imprinted genes is established in the gametes and maintained during development

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6756, 1999, Pages 929-932

  Simon, Itamar ^a   Tenzen, Toyoaki ^a,b   Reubinoff, Benjamin E ^c   Hillman, Dahlia ^c   McCarrey, John R ^d   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033613361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44866     Document Type: Article

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