Is there a genomic tone? Implications for understanding development, adaptation and treatment

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Alter, Mark D ^a   Hen, Rene ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chromatin; Development; Epigenetics; Gene expression, regulation; Genomic tone; Global; HDACs; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ADAPTATION; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC TONE; GENOMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LABORATORY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650932397     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000216546     Document Type: Review

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