Epigenetic properties and identification of an imprint mark in the Nesp-Gnasxl domain of the mouse Gnas imprinted locus

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 5475-5488

  Coombes, Candice ^a,d   Arnaud, Philippe ^a   Gordon, Emma ^a   Dean, Wendy ^a   Coar, Elizabeth A ^a   Williamson, Christine M ^b   Feil, Robert ^c   Peters, Jo ^b   Kelsey, Gavin ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GNASXL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFITES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0041631077     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.16.5475-5488.2003     Document Type: Article

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