Promoter methylation and tissue-specific transcription of the α7 nicotinic receptor gene, CHRNA7

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-400

  Canastar, Andrew ^a   Logel, Judith ^a   Graw, Sharon ^a   Finlay Schultz, Jessica ^a   Osborne, Christina ^a   Palionyte, Milda ^a   Drebing, Carla ^a   Plehaty, Molly ^a   Wilson, Lisa ^a   Eyeson, Rosemary ^a   Leonard, Sherry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Methylation; Nicotinic receptor; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; ZEBULARINE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863873106     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9663-7     Document Type: Article

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