Histone Modifications Depict an Aberrantly Heterochromatinized FMR1 Gene in Fragile X Syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 923-932

  Coffee, Bradford ^a   Zhang, Fuping ^a   Ceman, Stephanie ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^a   Reines, Daniel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HISTONE; LYSINE; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA METHYLATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ACETYLATION; ALLELES; AZACITIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036782129     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342931     Document Type: Article

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