Paternal imprints can be established on the maternal Igf2-H19 locus without altering replication timing of DNA

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3123-3132

  Cerrato, Flavia ^a,b   Dean, Wendy ^a   Davies, Karen ^a   Kagotani, Kazuhiro ^c   Mitsuya, Kohzoh ^a   Okumura, Katsuzumi ^c   Riccio, Andrea ^a,b   Reik, Wolf ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; SOMATOMEDIN B; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PATERNITY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0345530989     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg338     Document Type: Article

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