Differences in DNA methylation patterns and expression of the CCRK gene in human and nonhuman primate cortices

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1379-1389

  Farcas, Ruxandra ^a   Schneider, Eberhard ^a   Frauenknecht, Katrin ^a   Kondova, Ivanela ^b   Bontrop, Ronald ^b   Bohl, Jürgen ^a   Navarro, Bianca ^a   Metzler, Markus ^c   Zischler, Hans ^a   Zechner, Ulrich ^a   Daser, Angelika ^a   Haaf, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alu insertion; CCRK; CpG island promoter; DNA methylation; Epigenetic modification; Primate cortex

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE RELATED KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BABOON; BRAIN CORTEX; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MACACA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PAPIO; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 66249089034     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp046     Document Type: Article

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