DNA methylation imprinting marks and DNA methyltransferase expression in human spermatogenic cell stages

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1354-1361

  Joana Marques, C ^a   Pinho, Maria João ^a   Carvalho, Filipa ^a   Bièche, Ivan ^b   Barros, Alberto ^a,c   Sousa, Mário ^a,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferases; Genomic imprinting; H19; Human spermatogenesis; MEST PEG1

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 81055154922     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.11.17993     Document Type: Article

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