Histone and DNA modifications in mental retardation

Progress in Drug Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-173

  Iwase, Shigeki ^a   Shi, Yang ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2 GENE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; WSTF GENE; ANIMAL; CPG ISLAND; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 79952112402     PISSN: 0071786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8989-5_8     Document Type: Article

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