The genome-defence gene tex19.1 suppresses line-1 retrotransposons in the placenta and prevents intra-uterine growth retardation in mice

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1791-1806

  Reichmann, Judith ^a,b   Reddington, James P ^a,b   Best, Diana ^a   Read, David ^a   Öllinger, Rupert ^a,c   Meehan, Richard R ^a   Adams, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOGEN; LINE 1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TEX19.1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPOSON; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84875936827     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt029     Document Type: Article

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