Global hypomethylation of the genome in XX embryonic stem cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1274-1279

  Zvetkova, Ilona ^a,e   Apedaile, Anwyn ^a   Ramsahoye, Bernard ^b   Mermoud, Jacqueline E ^a   Crompton, Lucy A ^a   John, Rosalind ^c   Feil, Robert ^d   Brockdorff, Neil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; STEM CELLS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644478696     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1663     Document Type: Article

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