Generation of Monoparental Embryos for Investigation into Genomic Imprinting Wendy L. Dean, Gavin Kelsey, and Wolf Reik Deriving and Propagating Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Studying Genomic Imprinting Jeffrey R. Mann Balanced Translocations for the Analysis of Imprinted Regions of the Mouse Genome Anne C. Ferguson-Smith, Maxine Tevendale, Pantelis Georgiades, and Valerie Grandjean Production of YAC Transgenic Mice by Pronuclear Injection Justin F.-X. Ainscough, Rosalind M. John, and Sheila C. Barton A Transgenic Approach to Studying Imprinted Genes: Modified BACs and PACs Rosalind M. John, Justin F.-X. Ainscough, and Sheila C. Barton Methylation-Sensitive Genome Scanning Izuho Hatada and Tsunehiro Mukai Subtraction-Hybridization Method for the Identification of Imprinted Genes Fumitoshi Ishino, Yoshimi Kuroiwa, Naoki Miyoshi, Shin Kobayashi, Takashi Kohda, and Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino Identification of Imprinted Loci by Methylation: Use of Methylation- Sensitive Representational Difference Analysis (Me-RDA) Rachel J. Smith and Gavin Kelsey Ribonuclease Protection Joanne L. Thorvaldsen and Marisa S. Bartolomei Quantitative RT-PCR-Based Analysis of Allele-Specific Gene Expression Judith Singer-Sam and Chunguang Gao Allele-Specific In Situ Hybridization (ASISH) Rolf Ohlsson, Kristian Svensson, Hengmi Cui, Helena Malmikumpu, and Gail Adam RNA-FISH to Analyze Allele-Specific Expression Giovanna Braidotti Flow Cytometry and FISH to Investigate Allele-Specific Replication Timing and Homologous Association of Imprinted Chromosomes Janine LaSalle and Marc Lalande Southern Analysis Using Methyl-Sensitive Restriction Enzymes Tom Moore A PCR-Based Method for Studying DNA Methylation Mira Ariel Bisulfite-Based Methylation Analysis of Imprinted Genes Sabine Engemann, Osman El-Maarri, Petra Hajkova, Joachim Oswald, and Joern Walter Direct Analysis of Chromosome Methylation Deborah Bourc'his and Evani Viegas-Pequignot In Vitro Methylation of Predetermined Regions in Recombinant DNA Constructs Ilse Van den Wyngaert, Roger L. P. Adams, and Stefan U. Kass In Vitro Methylation of Specific Regions in Recombinant DNA Constructs by Excision and Religation Ghislaine Dell, Marika Charalambous, and Andrew Ward Detection of Methyl-Sensitive DNA-Binding Proteins with Possible Involvement in the Imprinting Phenomenon Kerstin Otte and Bjoern Rozell Probing Chromatin Structure with Nuclease Sensitivity Assays Richard I. Gregory, Sanjeev Khosla, and Robert Feil Examining Histone Acetylation at Specific Genomic Regions Ji-Fan Hu and Andrew R. Hoffman Purification of the MeCP2/Histone Deacetylase Complex from Xenopus laevis Peter L. Jones, Paul A. Wade, and Alan P. Wolffe Reconstitution of Chromatin In Vitro Kiyoe Ura and Yasufumi Kaneda Genomic Imprinting in Plants Rinke Vinkenoog, Melissa Spielman, Sally Adams, Hugh G. Dickinson, and Rod J. Scott