Heritability and role for the environment in DNA methylation in AXL receptor tyrosine kinase

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 895-898

  Breton, Carrie V ^a   Salam, Muhammad T ^a   Gilliland, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axl; Dna methylation; Heritability; Maternal smoking; Receptor tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN AXL; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL TYPE; CHEEK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATERNAL SMOKING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79960133490     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.7.15768     Document Type: Article

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