Akt1 as a putative regulator of Hox genes

Gene

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-291

  Kong, Kyoung Ah ^a   Yoon, Heejei ^a   Kim, Myoung Hee ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Akt1; DNA methylation; Hox gene; In silico analysis

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; HOX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870760324     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.034     Document Type: Article

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