Epigenetic Regulation of Igf2/H19 Imprinting at CTCF Insulator Binding Sites

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1038-1055

  Yang, Youwen ^a   Hu, Ji Fan ^a,b   Ulaner, Gary A ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Yao, Xiaoming ^a   Vu, Thanh H ^a   Hoffman, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

CTCF; DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; H19; Histone acetylation; Histone methylation; Igf2; Insulating factor

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACETYLATION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; KIDNEY; LIVER; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 0344154456     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10684     Document Type: Article

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