A genome-wide screen for modifiers of transgene variegation identifies genes with critical roles in development

Genome Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ashe, Alyson ^a   Morgan, Daniel K ^a,b   Whitelaw, Nadia C ^a,b   Bruxner, Timothy J ^a   Vickaryous, Nicola K ^a   Cox, Liza L ^c   Butterfield, Natalie C ^b   Wicking, Carol ^b   Blewitt, Marnie E ^d   Wilkins, Sarah J ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a   Cox, Timothy C ^c   Whitelaw, Emma ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAZ1B; PROTEIN SMARCA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAZ1B PROTEIN, MOUSE; HDAC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETICULOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HETEROZYGOTE; LETHAL GENE; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 60849118096     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-12-r182     Document Type: Article

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