DNA methylation: An identity card for brain cells

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bender, Ambre ^a   Weber, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; DNA methylation; Glial cells; Hydroxymethylation; Neurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IDENTITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL;

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883820947     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-8-131     Document Type: Article

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