Intra- and interindividual epigenetic variation in human germ cells

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-84

  Flanagan, James M ^a   Popendikyte, Violeta ^c   Pozdniakovaite, Natalija ^c   Sobolev, Martha ^a   Assadzadeh, Abbas ^a   Schumacher, Axel ^a   Zangeneh, Masood ^a   Lau, Lynette ^b   Virtanen, Carl ^b   Wang, Sun Chong ^a   Petronis, Arturas ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALM1 GENE; CDH13 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CTNNA2 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EED GENE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STMN2 GENE;

EID: 33745239314     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504729     Document Type: Article

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