Methylation of a CTCF-dependent boundary controls imprinted expression of the Igf2 gene

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6785, 2000, Pages 482-485

  Bell, Adam C ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOSS; GENOME IMPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034713375     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35013100     Document Type: Article

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