Tissue specific epigenetic differences in CRH gene expression

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 713-725

  Abou Seif, Claire ^a   Hipman, Kristy L S ^a   Allars, Megan ^a   Norris, Mary H ^a   Chen, Yu Xia ^a,b   Smith, Roger ^a   Nicholson, Richard C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; HDAC; HPA axis; Placenta; Review; TSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860334852     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3953     Document Type: Review

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