The relationship of DNA methylation with age, gender and genotype in twins and healthy controls

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Boks, Marco P ^a,b   Derks, Eske M ^a   Weisenberger, Daniel J ^c   Strengman, Erik ^b   Janson, Esther ^b   Sommer, Iris E ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Ophoff, Roel A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 69449084444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006767     Document Type: Article

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