DNA methylation is correlated with gene expression during early pregnancy in Bos taurus

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 276-286

  Walker, Caroline G ^a,b   Littlejohn, Mathew D ^a   Meier, Susanne ^a   Roche, John R ^a   Mitchell, Murray D ^c  

^a DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene expression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOS TAURUS; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBFERTILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84878630876     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00145.2012     Document Type: Article

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