Hypothesis of the initiation of DNA methylation de novo and allelic exclusion by small RNA

Tsitologiya

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-286

  Halytskiy, V A ^a  

^a PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Chromatin; DNA methylation; Epigenetic information; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 45149087749     PISSN: 00413771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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