Epigenetic discordance at imprinting control regions in twins

Epigenomics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-306

  Ollikainen, Miina ^a,b   Craig, Jeffrey M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technologies; differentially methylated region; DNA methylation; genomic imprinting; imprinting control region; monozygotic twins; twinning

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 6Q; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERM CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79959997358     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.11.18     Document Type: Review

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