Developmental epigenetic modification regulates stochastic expression of clustered Protocadherin genes, generating single neuron diversity

Neuron

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-108

  Toyoda, Shunsuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahumi ^a   Kobayashi, Toshihiro ^b,c   Tarusawa, Etsuko ^a,d   Toyama, Tomoko ^a   Okano, Masaki ^e   Oda, Masaaki ^e   Nakauchi, Hiromitsu ^b,c   Yoshimura, Yumiko ^d,f   Sanbo, Makoto ^a,d   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^a,d,f   Hirayama, Teruyoshi ^a   Hirabayashi, Takahiro ^a   Yagi, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^f GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOCADHERIN GENE; PURKINJE CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84897413565     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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