CpG content affects gene silencing in mice: evidence from novel transgenes

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Chevalier Mariette, Christine ^a   Henry, Isabelle ^a   Montfort, Lucile ^a,b   Capgras, Suzanne ^a   Forlani, Sylvie ^a   Muschler, John ^c   Nicolas, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b rue de l'Espinay   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic Control; LacZ Reporter; Male Germ Line; Methylation Pattern; Somatic Tissue

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CPG ISLAND; DBA MOUSE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPERMATOZOA; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0642373711     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-9-r53     Document Type: Article

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