Rex1/Zfp42 as an epigenetic regulator for genomic imprinting

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1353-1362

  Kim, Jeong Do ^a   Kim, Hana ^a   Ekram, Muhammad B ^a   Yu, Sungryul ^a,b   Faulk, Christopher ^a   Kim, Joomyeong ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED EXPRESSION PROTEIN 1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTOCYST; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS; UBIQUITINATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUTHERIA;

EID: 79952583365     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr017     Document Type: Article

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