The clf2 gene has an epigenetic role in the multifactorial etiology of cleft lip and palate in the A/WySn mouse strain

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-727

  Plamondon, Jenna A ^a   Harris, Muriel J ^a   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b   Gagnier, Liane ^a,b   Juriloff, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Epigenetics; IAP; Methylation; Mouse; Wnt9b

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLF2 GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PENETRANCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79961159060     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20788     Document Type: Article

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