Epigenetic regulation of the X-chromosomal macrosatellite repeat encoding for the cancer/testis gene CT47

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Balog, Judit ^a   Miller, Dan ^b   Sanchez Curtailles, Elena ^a   Carbo Marques, Jose ^a   Block, Gregory ^b   Potman, Marco ^a   De Knijff, Peter ^a   Lemmers, Richard J L F ^a   Tapscott, Stephen J ^c   Van Der Maarel, Silvère M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer testis antigen; copy number variation; D4Z4; epigenetics; FSHD; macrosatellite repeats

Indexed keywords

CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN; CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN 47; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN XIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME XQ; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MACROSATELLITE REPEAT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE ORDER; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84855758003     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.150     Document Type: Article

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