Repeat-directed isolation of a novel gene preferentially expressed from the maternal allele in human placenta

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Miura, Kiyonori ^a,b   Miyoshi, Osamu ^a   Yun, Kankatsu ^c   Inazawa, Johji ^d   Miyamoto, Toshinobu ^e   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^e   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^b   Yoshimura, Shuichiro ^b   Niikawa, Norio ^a   Jinno, Yoshihiro ^a   Ishimaru, Tadayuki ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

H19; Imprinting; PEN11B; Pentamer repeats; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 6544243995     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050096     Document Type: Article

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