Quantitative Allele-Specific Expression and DNA Methylation Analysis of H19, IGF2 and IGF2R in the Human Placenta across Gestation Reveals H19 Imprinting Plasticity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Buckberry, Sam ^a   Bianco Miotto, Tina ^a   Hiendleder, Stefan ^a,b   Roberts, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA H19; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GESTATION PERIOD; H19 GENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IGF2 GENE; IGF2R GENE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ALLELES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84870852149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051210     Document Type: Article

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