The genetic regulation of transcription in human endometrial tissue

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 893-904

  Fung, Jenny N ^a,b   Girling, Jane E ^c   Lukowski, Samuel W ^a   Sapkota, Yadav ^b,d   Wallace, Leanne ^a   Holdsworth Carson, Sarah J ^c   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Healey, Martin ^c   Rogers, Peter A W ^c   Powell, Joseph E ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

context specific eQTL; differential expression; expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL); gene expression regulation; gene switching; genetics; human endometrium; menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

CD94 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN A2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL3; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY B; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY D; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; C10ORF33 GENE; CHURC1 GENE; CPNE1 GENE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS MYOMA; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85017002337     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dex006     Document Type: Article

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