Expression of SNURF-SNRPN upstream transcripts and epigenetic regulatory genes during human spermatogenesis

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1463-1470

  Wawrzik, Michaela ^a   Spiess, Andrej Nikolai ^b   Herrmann, Ralf ^a   Buiting, Karin ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 3; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 3L1; PROTEIN SUV39H2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNRPN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNURF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPIGENETICS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 70350356539     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.83     Document Type: Article

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