A novel aspect of GNAS imprinting: Higher maternal expression of Gαs in human lymphoblasts, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, mammary adipose tissue, and heart

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-70

  Klenke, Stefanie ^a   Siffert, Winfried ^a   Frey, Ulrich H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alleles; G protein alpha s; Genomic imprinting; GNAS; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GNAS GENE; HEART; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOBLAST; MAMMARY ADIPOSE TISSUE; MLH1 GENE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING;

CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSEUDOPSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE SYNDROME;

EID: 79960576154     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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