Visualization of Biallelic Expression of the Imprinted SNRPN Gene Induced by Inhibitors of DNA Methylation and Histone Deacetylation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1236-1239

  Kohda, Atsushi ^a   Taguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Okumura, Katsuzumi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic expression; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Genomic imprinting; Histone acetylation; SNRPN

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; SM NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ACETYLATION; ALLELES; AUTOANTIGENS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 0035350757     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1236     Document Type: Article

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