Maintenance of X- and Y-inactivation of the pseudoautosomal (PAR2) gene SPRY3 is independent from DNA methylation and associated to multiple layers of epigenetic modifications

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1123-1132

  De Bonis, M L ^a   Cerase, A ^a   Matarazzo, M R ^a   Ferraro, M ^a   Strazzullo, M ^a   Hansen, R S ^b   Chiurazzi, P ^c   Neri, G ^c   D'Esposito, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; PROTEIN SPRY3; PROTEIN SYBL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOGENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALLELES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEINS;

EID: 33645122024     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl027     Document Type: Article

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