The H19 Differentially Methylated Region Marks the Parental Origin of a Heterologous Locus without Gametic DNA Methylation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3588-3595

  Park, Kye Yoon ^a   Sellars, Elizabeth A ^a   Grinberg, Alexander ^a   Huang, Sing Ping ^a   Pfeifer, Karl ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GAMETE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; H19 GENE; IGF2 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942422579     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.9.3588-3595.2004     Document Type: Article

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