De Novo DNA Methylation at the CpG Island of the Zebrafish no tail Gene

Genesis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Yamakoshi, Kimi ^a   Shimoda, Nobuyoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CpG island; Methylation; No tail; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; GENE; NONHUMAN; NTL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NOTOCHORD; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TAIL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0346095352     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10245     Document Type: Article

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