Murine metastable epialleles and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 311-315

  Chong, S ^a   Whitelaw, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MURINAE;

EID: 3242783252     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079513     Document Type: Review

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