Regulation of imprinted expression by macro non-coding RNAs

RNA Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Latos, Paulina A ^a,b   Barlow, Denise P ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomic imprinting; Imprinted clusters; Macro ncRNA; ncRNA; Non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 66349129918     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.6.2.7854     Document Type: Review

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