Hypomethylation of subtelomeric regions in ICF syndrome is associated with abnormally short telomeres and enhanced transcription from telomeric regions

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2776-2789

  Yehezkel, Shiran ^a   Segev, Yardena ^a   Viegas Péquignot, Evani ^b   Skorecki, Karl ^a   Selig, Sara ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT CONTAINING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODEFICIENCY CENTROMERIC REGION INSTABILITY FACIAL ANOMALY SYNDROME; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MUS;

EID: 50849099769     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn177     Document Type: Article

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