Human-specific hypomethylation of CENPJ, a key brain size regulator

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 594-604

  Shi, Lei ^a,b   Lin, Qiang ^a,c   Su, Bing ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

brain evolution; CENPJ; CpG island; DNA methylation; epigenetic regulation; primate

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; HISTONE H3;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPM GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CDK5RAP2 GENE; CENPJ GENE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHIMPANZEE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYLOBATIDAE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MCPH1 GENE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

BRAIN EVOLUTION; CENPJ; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; PRIMATE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HEK293 CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYSINE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895759250     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst231     Document Type: Article

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