PCR amplification in bisulfite methylcytosine mapping in the GC-rich promoter region of amyloid precursor protein gene in autopsy human brain

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-171

  Nagane, Yuriko ^a   Utsugisawa, Kimiaki ^a   Tohgi, Hideo ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene; Brain; DNA methylcytosine; Promoter

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CADAVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFITES; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034093102     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(00)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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