An intronic DNA sequence within the mouse Neuronatin gene exhibits biochemical characteristics of an ICR and acts as a transcriptional activator in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 963-973

  Sowpati, Divya Tej ^a   Thiagarajan, Devi ^a   Sharma, Sudhish ^a   Sultana, Hina ^b   John, Rosalind ^c   Surani, Azim ^d   Mishra, Rakesh Kumar ^b   Khosla, Sanjeev ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin organisation; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Imprinted; Imprinting; Imprinting control region; Mouse; Neuronatin

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; IMPRINTING CONTROL REGION; INTRON; MOUSE; NEURONATIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INTRONS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 55249100721     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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