Interindividual variability and parent of origin DNA methylation differences at specific human Alu elements

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2135-2143

  Sandovici, Ionel ^a,f   Kassovska Bratinova, Sacha ^a   Loredo Osti, J Concepción ^b   Leppert, Mark ^c   Suarez, Alexander ^d,g   Stewart, Rae ^e   Bautista, F Dale ^a   Schiraldi, Michael ^a   Sapienza, Carmen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Temple University   (United States)

^f BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALU ELEMENTS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PARENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 26444546469     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi218     Document Type: Article

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