Dnmt1 deficiency promotes CAG repeat expansion in the mouse germline

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1306-1317

  Dion, Vincent ^a,b   Lin, Yunfu ^a   Hubert Jr , Leroy ^a   Waterland, Robert A ^a   Wilson, John H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HISTONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; XLF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME DEFECT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; AGE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TESTIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MURINAE; MUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 42449090287     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn019     Document Type: Article

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