Active demethylation of the paternal genome in the mouse zygote

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 475-478

  Oswald, J ^a   Engemann, S ^a   Lane, N ^b   Mayer, W ^a   Olek, A ^a   Fundele, R ^a   Dean, W ^b   Reik, W ^b   Walter, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CLONING; DNA DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; MOUSE; OOCYTE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOZOON; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034176639     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00448-6     Document Type: Article

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