An imprinted GFP insertion reveals long-range epigenetic regulation in embryonic lineages

Developmental Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-52

  Jones, Meaghan J ^a   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; GFP; Ins2; Mouse Chr7; Placenta; Transgene

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME 7; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; INHERITANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350622571     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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