Differences in DNA methylation between human neuronal and glial cells are concentrated in enhancers and non-CpG sites

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-127

  Kozlenkov, Alexey ^a,b   Roussos, Panos ^a,b   Timashpolsky, Alisa ^a   Barbu, Mihaela ^c   Rudchenko, Sergei ^c   Bibikova, Marina ^d   Klotzle, Brandy ^d   Byne, William ^a,b   Lyddon, Rebecca ^a,b   Di Narzo, Antonio Fabio ^b   Hurd, Yasmin L ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^e   Dracheva, Stella ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; BRAIN REGION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

EID: 84891766375     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt838     Document Type: Article

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