Conserved methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene exon 17 promoter in rats subjected to a maternal methyl-supplemented diet

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Herbeck, Yury E ^a   Gulevich, Rimma G ^a   Amelkina, Olga A ^b   Plyusnina, Irina Z ^a   Oskina, Irina N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Maternal nutrition; Methyl supplementation; Norway rats

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SULFATES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 74449084482     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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