Complex epigenetic regulation of Engrailed-2 (EN-2) homeobox gene in the autism cerebellum

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  James, S J ^a   Shpyleva, Svitlana ^a   Melnyk, Stepan ^a   Pavliv, Oleksandra ^a   Pogribny, I P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; cerebellum; DNA; EN 2; Epigenetics; histone methylation

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED 2; HISTONE H3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; KDM6B PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROMOTER REGION; SCHOOL CHILD; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; JUMONJI DOMAIN-CONTAINING HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874340720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.8     Document Type: Article

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