Epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian nuclear transfer

Differentiation

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-113

  Shi, Wei ^a   Zakhartchenko, Valeri ^a   Wolf, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Imprinting; Inheritance; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; TELOMERASE;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLONING; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; INHERITANCE; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037351345     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2003.710201.x     Document Type: Review

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