Reduced rates of gene loss, gene silencing, and gene mutation in Dnmt1-deficient embryonic stem cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 7587-7600

  Chan, M F ^a   Van Amerongen, R ^a   Nijjar, T ^a   Cuppen, E ^a   Jones, P A ^a   Laird, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; METHYL GROUP; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEM CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; STEM CELLS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

HERPES; MAMMALIA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0034780410     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.22.7587-7600.2001     Document Type: Article

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