Rasgrf1 imprinting is regulated by a CTCF-dependent methylation-sensitive enhancer blocker

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 11184-11190

  Yoon, Bongjune ^a,f   Herman, Kerry ^a,b,c   Hu, Benjamin ^b   Park, Yoon Jung ^b   Lindroth, Anders ^b   Bell, Adam ^d,g   West, Adam G ^d,h   Chang, Yanjie ^a   Stablewski, Aimee ^a   Piel, Jessica C ^b,i   Loukinov, Dmitri I ^e   Lobanenkov, Victor V ^e   Soloway, Paul D ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RASGRF1 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28544434402     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.24.11184-11190.2005     Document Type: Article

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