Promoter-specific expression and imprint status of marsupial IGF2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Stringer, Jessica M ^a   Suzuki, Shunsuke ^a,b   Pask, Andrew J ^c   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 2 GENE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LIVER; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; MUS;

EID: 84864342129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041690     Document Type: Article

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