Maternal regulation of estrogen receptor α methylation

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-739

  Champagne, Frances A ^a   Curley, James P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETAINE; CHOLINE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLIC ACID; GENISTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ACETYLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 55649086634     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2008.06.018     Document Type: Review

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