Imprinted silencing of Slc22a2 and Slc22a3 does not need transcriptional overlap between Igf2r and Air

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3696-3704

  Sleutels, Frank ^a,d   Tjon, Grace ^a   Ludwig, Thomas ^b   Barlow, Denise P ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genomic imprinting; Igf2r; Non coding RNA; Slc22a2; Slc22a3

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENE PRODUCT; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3; PROTEIN AIR; PROTEIN IGF2R; THYMIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIS ISOMER; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHIMERA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE DELETION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041312649     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg341     Document Type: Article

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