DNA methyltransferase contributes to delayed ischemic brain injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3175-3181

  Endres, Matthias ^a,b,d   Meisel, Andreas ^b   Biniszkiewicz, Detlev ^c   Namura, Shobu ^a   Prass, Konstantin ^b   Ruscher, Karsten ^b   Lipski, Andreas ^b   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^c   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Delayed cell death; DNA damage; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034193368     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03175.2000     Document Type: Article

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