DNA methyltransferases1 (DNMT1) and 3a (DNMT3a) colocalize with GAD67-positive neurons in the GAD67-GFP mouse brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1951-1964

  Kadriu, Bashkim ^a,b   Guidotti, Alessandro ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Grayson, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; GABAergic neuron; Gene regulation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA; GLUTAMATERGIC NERVE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRIFORM CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84859492212     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23020     Document Type: Article

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