Human testis-specific PDHA2 gene: Methylation status of a CpG island in the open reading frame correlates with transcriptional activity

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Pinheiro, Ana ^a   Faustino, Inês ^a   Silva, Maria João ^a   Silva, Joaquina ^b   Sá, Rosália ^c   Sousa, Mário ^b,c   Barros, Alberto ^b,d   de Almeida, Isabel Tavares ^a   Rivera, Isabel ^a  

^a iMED   (Portugal)

^b Center for Reproductive Genetics Alberto Barros   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene regulation; Human testis specific expression; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA; RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PDHA2 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ISOLATION; TESTIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE); PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77649339572     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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