Comparative methylation of ERVWE1/syncytin-1 and other human endogenous retrovirus LTRs in placenta tissues

DNA Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-211

  Gimenez, Juliette ^a,b   Montgiraud, Cécile ^a,b   Oriol, Guy ^a,b   Pichon, Jean Philippe ^b   Ruel, Karine ^b   Tsatsaris, Vassilis ^c,d   Gerbaud, Pascale ^c,d   Frendo, Jean Louis ^c,d   Evain Brion, Danile ^c,d   Mallet, François ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

HERV; LTR; Methylation; Placenta; Syncytins

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; ERVWE1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METHYLATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; RETROPOSON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS W; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; MAMMALIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 70349901268     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsp011     Document Type: Article

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