Interaction between differentially methylated regions partitions the imprinted genes Igf2 and H19 into parent-specific chromatin loops

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 889-893

  Murrell, Adele ^a,b   Heeson, Sarah ^a,c   Reik, Wolf ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE H19; GENE IGF2; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SILENCER ELEMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 3543018516     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1402     Document Type: Article

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