Epigenetic reprogramming of the genome - From the germ line to the embryo and back again

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 533-540

  Arney, Katharine L ^a   Erhardt, Sylvia ^a   Drewell, Robert A ^a   Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Imprinting; Preimplantation; Reprogramming, germline

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0034996519     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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