Effect of alcohol consumption on CpG methylation in the differentially methylated regions of H19 and IG-DMR in male gametes - Implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1615-1627

  Ouko, Lillian A ^a   Shantikumar, Katpaham ^a   Knezovich, Jaysen ^a   Haycock, Philip ^a   Schnugh, Desmond J ^a   Ramsay, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Embryonic development; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Paternal alcohol consumption; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; PREGNANCY; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SULFITES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69249083264     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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