Brain region-specific methylation in the promoter of the murine oxytocin receptor gene is involved in its expression regulation

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-131

  Harony Nicolas, Hala ^a   Mamrut, Shimrat ^a   Brodsky, Leonid ^a   Shahar Gold, Hadar ^a   Barki Harrington, Liza ^a   Wagner, Shlomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Brain; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Oxytocin receptor; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMPLICON; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; OXTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUTAMEN; ZONA INCERTA; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84888027308     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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