Epigenetic signatures of autism: Trimethylated H3K4 landscapes in prefrontal neurons

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-324

  Shulha, Hennady P ^a   Cheung, Iris ^a   Whittle, Catheryne ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Virgil, Daniel ^a   Lin, Cong L ^a   Guo, Yin ^a   Lessard, Andree ^b   Akbarian, Schahram ^a   Weng, Zhiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K4ME3; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL SELECTION; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863247768     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.151     Document Type: Article

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