Familial aggregation of abnormal methylation of parental alleles at the IGF2/H19 and IGF2R differentially methylated regions

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1569-1578

  Sandovici, Ionel ^a   Leppert, Mark ^b   Hawk, Patricia Red ^a   Suarez, Alexander ^c   Linares, Yendi ^d   Sapienza, Carmen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Phillips Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ALLELES; BINDING SITES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038104379     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg167     Document Type: Article

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