RNA-mediated non-mendelian inheritance of an epigenetic change in the mouse

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7092, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Rassoulzadegan, Minoo ^a,b   Grandjean, Valérie ^a,b   Gounon, Pierre ^c   Vincent, Stéphane ^a,b,d   Gillot, Isabelle ^a,b   Cuzin, François ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c Universite Co te d'Azur Parc Valrose   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS;

HETEROZYGOTES; MUTANT KIT; NON-MENDELIAN INHERITANCE;

RNA;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA; RODENT; SPERMATOPHORE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; KIT GENE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEREDITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33745319337     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04674     Document Type: Article

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