The Role of DNA Methylation in the Central Nervous System and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 89, Issue C, 2009, Pages 67-84

  Feng, Jian ^a   Fan, Guoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Epigenetics; Histone modification; Learning and memory; Methyl CpG binding protein; Nervous system; Neuropsychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYAZACYTIDINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBULARINE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; ICF SYNDROME; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 71749084889     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)89004-1     Document Type: Review

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