Circadian E-boxes and surrounding CpG islands are free from methylation throughout the day

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Zuo, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Shu ^a   Lin, Qingling ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Chan, Piu ^a   Cai, Yanning ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; clock gene; CpG island; E box; methylation

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CRYPTOCHROME 1; HETERODIMER; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; E BOX ELEMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859207058     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2010.548924     Document Type: Article

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