Dynamic CpG island methylation landscape in oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Sébastien A. Smallwood; Shin-ichi Tomizawa; Felix Krueger; Nico Ruf; Natasha Carli; Anne Segonds-Pichon; Shun Sato; Kenichiro Hata; Simon Andrews; Gavin Kelsey

doi:10.1038/ng.864

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ReprogrammingBiologyDNA methylationGenomic imprintingEpigenomicsEpigeneticsMethylationCpG siteGeneticsImprinting (psychology)Differentially methylated regionsGeneGene expression

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 43
Issue: 8
Pages: 811-814
Citations: 681
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                                    Sébastien A. Smallwood, 
                                
                                    Shin-ichi Tomizawa, 
                                
                                    Felix Krueger
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Dynamic CpG island methylation landscape in oocytes and preimplantation embryos. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 43
                            (8)
                            , 811-814.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.864
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.864