Tissue-specific promoter methylation coincides with Cyp19 gene expression in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) placenta of different stages of gestation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-189

  Ghai, Sandeep ^a   Monga, Rachna ^a   Mohanty, T K ^a   Chauhan, M S ^a   Singh, Dheer ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Cyp19 gene; Estrogen; Placenta; Promoter methylation; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATION PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 77957234114     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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