Reduced DNA methylation at the PEG3 DMR and KvDMR1 loci in children exposed to alcohol in utero: A South African Fetal alcohol syndrome cohort study

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Masemola, Matshane L ^a   van der Merwe, Lize ^b,c   Lombard, Zané ^a,d   Viljoen, Denis ^e   Ramsay, Michèle ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Foundation for Alcohol Related Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Fetal alcohol syndrome; H19 ICR; IG DMR; Imprinted genes; KvDMR1; PEG3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923630212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00085     Document Type: Article

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