Evidence for widespread changes in promoter methylation profile in human placenta in response to increasing gestational age and environmental/stochastic factors

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Novakovic, Boris ^a   Yuen, Ryan K ^b   Gordon, Lavinia ^c   Penaherrera, Maria S ^b   Sharkey, Andrew ^d   Moffett, Ashley ^d   Craig, Jeffrey M ^a   Robinson, Wendy P ^b   Saffery, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 80054994297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-529     Document Type: Article

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