Trans allele methylation and paramutation-like effects in mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Herman, Herry ^a,b,c   Lu, Michael ^b,d   Anggraini, Melly ^b   Sikora, Aimee ^b   Chang, Yanjie ^b   Yoon, Bong June ^b,d,e   Soloway, Paul D ^a,b  

^a Division of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hasan Sadikin Hospital   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN; RASGRF1 PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IGF2R; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; RAS-GRF1; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037603541     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1162     Document Type: Article

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