Methylation of the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene shows novel biphasic changes during brain development

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Teter, Bruce ^a   Rozovsky, Irina ^a   Krohn, Knut ^a   Anderson, Chris ^a   Osterburg, Heinz ^a   Finch, Caleb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; F344 rat; Promoter activity

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0030198382     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199607)17:3<195::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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