Genomic imprinting and environmental disease susceptibility

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-278

  Jirtle, Randy L ^a   Sander, Miriam ^b   Barrett, J Carl ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Page One Editorial Services   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Epigenetics; Genetics; Genomic imprinting; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034037026     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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