Using RNA sequencing for identifying gene imprinting and random monoallelic expression in human placenta

Epigenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1397-1409

  Metsalu, Tauno ^a   Viltrop, Triin ^a,b   Tiirats, Airi ^c   Rajashekar, Balaji ^a   Reimann, Ene ^a   Kõks, Sulev ^a   Rull, Kristiina ^c   Milani, Lili ^d   Acharya, Ganesh ^e,f   Basnet, Purusotam ^e   Vilo, Jaak ^a   Mägi, Reedik ^d   Metspalu, Andres ^d   Peters, Maire ^a,b   Haller Kikkatalo, Kadri ^a,b   Salumets, Andres ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Competence Center on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allele specific expression; Imprinting; Placenta; Random monoallelic expression; RNA sequencing; Short read mapping

Indexed keywords

ABSENT IN MELANOMA 1; AMILORIDE BINDING PROTEIN 1; BCL2 ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; DOMAIN CONTAINING AND ZINC FINGER AND AT HOOK ANTISENSE RNA 1; GALECTIN 8; INTERFERON GAMMA INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 30; LECTIN GALACTOSIDE BINDING SOLUBLE 14; PATERNALLY EXPRESSED 10; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A2; PROTEIN; RHO RELATED BTB DOMAIN CONTAINING 3; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE LONG CHAIN BASE SUBUNIT 3; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER AND AT HOOK;

ADULT; ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922066587     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15592294.2014.970052     Document Type: Article

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