Bovine DNA methylation imprints are established in an oocyte size-specific manner, which are coordinated with the expression of the DNMT3 family proteins

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  O'doherty, Alan M ^a   O'shea, Lynne C ^a   Fair, Trudee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Imprinting; Methyltransferase; Oocyte development; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESODERM SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME IMPRINTING; IGF2R GENE; MEST GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PEG10 GENE; PLAGL1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; SNRPN GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; RNA, MESSENGER; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 84860608328     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.094946     Document Type: Article

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