Differential methylation of the micro-RNA 7b gene targets postnatal maturation of murine neuronal Mecp2 gene expression

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-425

  Chen, Yongjun ^a,b   Shin, Bo Chul ^a   Thamotharan, Shanthie ^a   Devaskar, Sherin U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic regulation; Histone deacetylase; MiRNA biogenesis; Neurodevelopment; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 7B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MIRNA BIOGENESIS; NEURODEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS;

EID: 84896707984     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22126     Document Type: Article

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