Genome organization, function, and imprinting in Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 153-175

  Nicholls, Robert D ^a   Knepper, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Duplicon; Epigenetic; Polycistronic RNA

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; BRAIN CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 7; CIS ISOMER; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HERC2 GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ONCOGENE NEU; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIMATE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

OTHER SEQUENCES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035777024     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.2.1.153     Document Type: Review

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