Maternal factor-mediated epigenetic gene silencing in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Sasakura, Yasunori ^a   Suzuki, Miho M ^b   Hozumi, Akiko ^a   Inaba, Kazuo ^a   Satoh, Nori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ci CesA; Epigenetics; Minos; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA STABILITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; OOGENESIS; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 75649117804     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-009-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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