The effect of preconception paternal alcohol exposure on epigenetic remodeling of the H19 and Rasgrf1 imprinting control regions in mouse offspring

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Knezovich, Jaysen Gregory ^a   Ramsay, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CTCF binding site; Epigenetics; H19; Imprinting control region; Preconception paternal alcohol exposure; Rasgrf1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870567826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00010     Document Type: Article

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