Transposable elements: Targets for early nutritional effects on epigenetic gene regulation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 5293-5300

  Waterland, Robert A ^a   Jirtle, Randy L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; BETAINE; CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CHOLINE; CPG ISLANDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXONS; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES; VITAMIN B 12;

AGOUTI; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0043093697     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.15.5293-5300.2003     Document Type: Article

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