A role for DNA methylation in regulation of EphA5 receptor expression in the mouse retina

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Petkova, Tihomira D ^a   Seigel, Gail M ^c   Otteson, Deborah C ^a,b  

^a Department of Basic Medical Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Ephrin receptor; Gene regulation; M ller glia; Retina

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPHA5 GENE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RNA SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, EPHA5; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78651491413     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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