De novo deletions of SNRPN exon 1 in early human and mouse embryos result in a paternal to maternal imprint switch

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Bielinska, Beata ^a,b   Blaydes, Susan M ^c   Buiting, Karin ^b   Yang, Tao ^c   Krajewska Walasek, Malgorzata ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^b   Brannan, Camilynn I ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEDIGREE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE DELETION;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0034103656     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75629     Document Type: Article

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