CpG methylation modifies the genetic stability of cloned repeat sequences

Genome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1246-1256

  Nichol, Kerrie ^a   Pearson, Christopher E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MINISATELLITE; CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE SSSI; GUANINE; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE SPECIFIC);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CENTROMERE; CERCOPITHECUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FACE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PLASMID; SYNDROME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRIMATES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FACE; GUANINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; PLASMIDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SYNDROME; TRANSFECTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0036673703     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.74502     Document Type: Article

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