An association between variants in the IGF2 gene and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: Interaction between genotype and epigenotype

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-255

  Murrell, Adele ^a   Heeson, Sarah ^a   Cooper, Wendy N ^b   Douglas, Eleanor ^a,d   Apostolidou, Sophia ^c   Moore, Gudrun E ^c   Maher, Eamonn R ^b   Reik, Wolf ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; PROTEIN P57; SOMATOMEDIN B; THYMINE;

ALLELE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 11P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FETUS DISEASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHYLATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1642433144     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh013     Document Type: Review

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