A survey of tissue-specific genomic imprinting in mammals

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 287, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 621-630

  Prickett, Adam R ^a   Oakey, Rebecca J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome wide; Imprinting; Tissue specific

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GRB10 GENE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; YOLK SAC;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GRB10 ADAPTOR PROTEIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MAMMALS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864689053     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0708-6     Document Type: Review

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