Analysis of developmental changes in avian DNA methylation using a novel method for quantifying genome-wide DNA methylation

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 286-290

  Usui, Fumitake ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^c   Bitoh, Ayako ^a   Ono, Tamao ^a   Kagami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; DNA methylation; Early development; Isoschizomer; Methylation sensitive restriction enzyme

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350736135     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.46.286     Document Type: Article

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