Targeted reduction of the DNA methylation level with 5-azacytidine promotes excision of the medaka fish Tol2 transposable element

Genetical Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Iida, Atsuo ^a   Shimada, Atsuko ^b   Shima, Akihiro ^b,c   Takamatsu, Naofumi ^a   Hori, Horoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Kosei ^a,d   Koga, Akihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d KAN Research Institute ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TOL2; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EMBRYO; FISH GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, GENETIC; ORYZIAS; TRANSPOSASES;

ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 33745628063     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672306008184     Document Type: Article

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