CTCF elements direct allele-specific undermethylation at the imprinted H19 locus

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1007-1012

  Rand, Eyal ^a   Ben Porath, Ittai ^a   Keshet, Ilana ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 1842650055     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.041     Document Type: Article

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