Epigenetic regulation of differential HLA-A allelic expression levels

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4268-4275

  Ramsuran, Veron ^a,b   Kulkarni, Smita ^b   O’huigin, Colm ^a   Yuki, Yuko ^a   Augusto, Danillo G ^a,b   Gao, Xiaojiang ^a   Carrington, Mary ^a,b  

^a FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; HLA A ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCING; EPIGENETICS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MRNA EXPRESSION LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALLELE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NORMAL HUMAN;

ALLELES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85018214531     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv158     Document Type: Article

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