Altered gene expression and methylation of the human chromosome 11 imprinted region in small for gestational age (SGA) placentae

Developmental Biology

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Guo, Lin ^a,b   Choufani, Sanaa ^b   Ferreira, Jose ^a,b   Smith, Adam ^a,b   Chitayat, David ^c,d   Shuman, Cheryl ^c   Uxa, Ruchita ^d   Keating, Sarah ^d   Kingdom, John ^d   Weksberg, Rosanna ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CDKN1C; H19; IGF2; Imprinting; Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); KCNQ1OT1; PHLDA2; Placenta; Small for gestational age (SGA)

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA H19;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHYLATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 48949115579     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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