Human placental-specific epipolymorphism and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Yuen, Ryan K C ^a   Avila, Luana ^a   Peñaherrera, Maria S ^a   von Dadelszen, Peter ^a   Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Kobor, Michael S ^a   Robinson, Wendy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TUSC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTAL SPECIFIC EPIPOLYMORPHISM; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 70449348793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007389     Document Type: Article

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