Genomic imprinting: Employing and avoiding epigenetic processes

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2124-2133

  Bartolomei, Marisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Insulators; ncRNA

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349104647     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1841409     Document Type: Review

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