Next-generation sequencing reveals regional differences of the α-synuclein methylation state independent of Lewy body disease

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-320

  De Boni, L ^a   Tierling, S ^b   Roeber, S ^a   Walter, J ^b   Giese, A ^a   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Epigenetics; Lewy body disease; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN GENE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUTAMEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRONS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84855878253     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: 15591174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-011-8163-9     Document Type: Article

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