A novel approach for identifying candidate imprinted genes through sequence analysis of imprinted and control genes

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-520

  Ke, Xiayi ^a   Thomas, N Simon ^a,b   Robinson, David O ^a,b   Collins, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPOSON;

FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036937918     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0822-3     Document Type: Article

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