Androgen receptor mutations are associated with altered epigenomic programming as evidenced by HOXA5 methylation

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Bens, S ^a,b   Ammerpohl, O ^a   Martin Subero, J I ^a,d   Appari, M ^b   Richter, J ^a   Hiort, O ^c   Werner, R ^c   Riepe, F G ^b   Siebert, R ^a   Holterhus, P M ^b  

^a Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity syndrome; Androgen receptor mutation; DNA methylation; Epigenetic; HOXA5

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXA5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952989075     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323807     Document Type: Article

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