Coordinated Cell Type-Specific Epigenetic Remodeling in Prefrontal Cortex Begins before Birth and Continues into Early Adulthood

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shulha, Hennady P ^a   Cheung, Iris ^a   Guo, Yin ^a   Akbarian, Schahram ^a,b   Weng, Zhiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GLIA; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN MOTIF; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876886897     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003433     Document Type: Article

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