Epigenetic regulation of estrogen receptor α gene expression in the mouse cortex during early postnatal development

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 731-740

  Westberry, Jenne M ^a   Trout, Amanda L ^a   Wilson, Melinda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 74949100523     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0955     Document Type: Article

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