Heterochromatic genes undergo epigenetic changes and escape silencing in immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Brun, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Lana, Erica ^b,c   Rivals, Isabelle ^d   Lefranc, Gérard ^a,c   Sarda, Pierre ^e   Claustres, Mireille ^b,c,e   Mégarbané, André ^f,g   de Sario, Albertina ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^g Institute Jérôme Lejeune   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL CLONE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNODEFICIENCY CENTROMERIC INSTABILITY FACIAL ANOMALIES SYNDROME; LYMPHOBLAST; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; CENTROMERE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FACE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUCHROMATIN; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 79955782459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019464     Document Type: Article

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