Callipyge mutation affects gene expression in cis: A potential role for chromatin structure

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-346

  Murphy, Susan K ^a,b   Nolan, Catherine M ^c   Huang, Zhiqing ^b   Kucera, Katerina S ^a   Freking, Brad A ^d   Smith, Timothy P L ^d   Leymaster, Kreg A ^d   Weidman, Jennifer R ^a   Jirtle, Randy L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPERTROPHY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33644658792     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.4389306     Document Type: Article

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