Functional Characterization of a Testis-Specific DNA Binding Activity at the H19/Igf2 Imprinting Control Region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8345-8351

  Bowman, Aaron B ^a,b   Levorse, John M ^a   Ingram, Robert S ^a   Tilghman, Shirley M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; H19 GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IGF2 GENE; IMPRINTING CONTROL REGION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OVARY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242663918     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.22.8345-8351.2003     Document Type: Article

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