Epigenetic characterization of the growth hormone gene identifies SmcHD1 as a regulator of autosomal gene clusters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Massah, Shabnam ^a   Hollebakken, Robert ^a   Labrecque, Mark P ^a   Kolybaba, Addie M ^b   Beischlag, Timothy V ^a   Prefontaine, Gratien G ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; AZACITIDINE; CADHERIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SMCHD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMCHD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GH GENE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMCHD1 GENE; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; BASE SEQUENCE; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SILVER-RUSSELL SYNDROME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84901274317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097535     Document Type: Article

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