Histone modifications proposed to regulate sexual differentiation of brain and behavior

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 932-939

  Gagnidze, Khatuna ^a   Weil, Zachary M ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Chromatin remodeling; Estrogens; Histone modification; Hypothalamus; Sex behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HISTONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; METHYLATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RODENTIA;

EID: 77958163588     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000064     Document Type: Article

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