A differentially methylated region within the gene Kcnq1 functions as an imprinted promoter and silencer

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-294

  Mancini DiNardo, Debora ^a   Steele, Scott J S ^a   Ingram, Robert S ^a   Tilghman, Shirley M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN KCNQ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 0037321187     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg024     Document Type: Review

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