Stage- and cell-specific expression of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b during embryogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 187-190

  Watanabe, Daisuke ^a   Suetake, Isao ^a   Tada, Takashi ^b   Tajima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

De novo type DNA methyltransferase; DNA methylation pattern; Dnmt3a; Dnmt3b; Mouse embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INNER CELL MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036803302     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00242-3     Document Type: Article

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