CpG dinucleotide methylation patterns in the human androgen receptor gene and X-chromosome inactivation in peripheral blood leukocytes of phenotypically normal women

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 374-379

  Sato, Kazuyo ^a   Hashiyada, Masaki ^a   Uehara, Shigeki ^b   Nata, Masayuki ^a   Okamura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CpG dinucleotide methylation; Human androgen receptor gene; Methylation specific PCR; Polymorphism; Skewing of X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BISULFITE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EXONS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 0042471801     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0040-4     Document Type: Article

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