Identification of 11 pseudogenes in the DNA methyltransferase gene family in rodents and humans and implications for the functional loci

Genomics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-204

  Lees Murdock, Diane J ^a   McLoughlin, Gerard A ^b   McDaid, Jennifer R ^a   Quinn, Lisa M ^a   O'Doherty, Alan ^a   Hiripi, László ^a   Hack, Catherine J ^b   Walsh, Colum P ^a  

^a Cancer and Ageing Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 Untranslated region; Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element; DNA (cytosine 5 ) methyltransferase; Oocyte; Polyadenylation; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; RODENT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTES; PSEUDOGENES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RNA 3' POLYADENYLATION SIGNALS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RODENTIA;

EID: 2942536253     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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