Genome-wide methylation and gene expression changes in newborn rats following maternal protein restriction and reversal by folic acid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Altobelli, Gioia ^a,c   Bogdarina, Irina G ^a   Stupka, Elia ^a   Clark, Adrian J L ^a,d   Langley Evans, Simon ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84894225384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082989     Document Type: Article

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