DNA methylation in reptiles

Gene

Volumn 385, Issue , 2006, Pages 122-127

  Varriale, Annalisa ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heterotherms; Homeotherms; Life style

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; FISH; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; LIZARDS; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547396096     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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