The imprinting mechanism of the Prader-Willi/Angelman regional control center

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5807-5814

  Perk, Jonathan ^a   Makedonski, Kirill ^a   Lande, Laura ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a   Razin, Aharon ^a   Shemer, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angelman regional control center; DNA methylation; DNase sensitivity; Histone modification; Prader Willi

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA PRIMERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 0036846536     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf570     Document Type: Article

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