Transgene methylation in mice reflects copy number but not expression level

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-219

  Pena, Ramona N ^a   Webster, John ^a   Kwan, Stephen ^a   Korbel, Jan ^a   Whitelaw, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mammary; Methylation; Mice; Repetitive DNA; Silencing; Transcription; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

GENOMIC SEQUENCES; MICE; NONEXPRESSING TISSUES; TRANSGENE METHYLATION;

GENES;

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; PROMOTER REGION; SHEEP; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GLOBINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TRANSGENES;

EID: 16544376731     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:26:3:215     Document Type: Article

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