Research Catalog

Title

Genomic imprinting : causes and consequences / edited by R. Ohlsson, K. Hall, and M. Ritzen.

Publication

Cambridge, Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Ohlsson, R. (Rolf)
• Hall, K.
• Ritzén, Martin, 1937-

Description

xvi, 374 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Genomic imprinting
• Genetic disorders

Contents

• 1. The role of imprinting in early mammalian development / A. Gilligan and D. Solter -- 2. The evolution of parental imprinting: a review of hypotheses / D. Haig and R. Trivers -- 3. Genetic variations in parental imprinting on mouse chromosome 17 / J. Forejt, S. Gregorova, M. Landikova, J. Capkova and L. M. Silver -- 4. Epigenetic inheritance: the chromatin connection / A. P. Wolffe -- 5. Chromobox genes and the molecular mechanisms of cellular determination / P. B. Singh and T. C. James -- 6. The biochemical basis of allele-specific gene expression in genomic imprinting and X inactivation / T. H. Bestor -- 7. DNA methylation and mammalian development / R. Jaenisch, C. Beard and E. Li -- 8. X chromosome inactivation and imprinting / M. F. Lyon -- 9. Imprinting of H19 and Xist in uniparental embryos / M. A. Surani, A. C. Ferguson-Smith, H. Sasaki and S. C. Barton --
• 10. Imprinted genes, allelic methylation, and imprinted modifiers of methylation / W. Reik, R. Feil, N. D. Allen, T. F. Moore and J. Walter -- 11. Genomic imprinting of the H19 and Igf2 genes in the mouse / S. M. Tilghman, M. S. Bartolomei, A. L. Webber, M. E. Brunkow, J. Saam, P. A. Leighton and K. Pfeifer -- 12. Plasticity of imprinting / R. Ohlsson, T. Ekstrom, G. Franklin, S. Pfeifer-Ohlsson, H. Cui, S. Miller, R. Fisher and C. Walsh -- 13. Regional regulation of allele-specific gene expression / I. Simon and H. Cedar -- 14. Genomic imprinting in embryonal tumors and overgrowth disorders / A. E. Reeve -- 15. Tracking imprinting: the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome / M. Mannens -- 16. Genomic imprinting in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome / R. Weksberg and J. Squire -- 17. Mitotic crossing over and the disruption of genomic imprinting / G. B. Cote -- 18. Evaluating H19 as an imprinted tumor suppressor gene / B. Tycko --
• 19. A domain of abnormal imprinting in human cancer / A. P. Feinberg -- 20. Parent-of-origin-specific DNA methylation and imprinting mutations on human chromosome 15 / B. Horsthemke, B. Dittrich and K. Buiting -- 21. The SNRPN gene and Prader-Willi syndrome / U. Francke, J. A. Kerns and J. Giacalone -- 22. Use of chromosome rearrangements for investigations into imprinting in the mouse / B. M. Cattanach, J. Barr and J. Jones -- 23. A new imprinted gene, U2af-related sequence, isolated by a methylation-sensitive genome scanning method / T. Mukai, I. Hatada, T. Yamaoka, K. Kitagawa, X.-D. Wang, T. Sugama, J. Masuda and J. Ogata -- 24. The mouse Igf2/MPR gene: a model for all gametic imprinted genes? / D. P. Barlow.

ISBN

0521472431

LCCN

95004982

OCLC

• 31865836
• ocm31865836

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Columbia University Libraries