TET enzymes and DNA hydroxymethylation in neural development and function - How critical are they?

Genomics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 334-340

  Santiago, Mafalda ^a,b   Antunes, Claudia ^a,b   Guedes, Marta ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b   Marques, C Joana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxymethylcytosine; Brain; Epigenetic regulation; Neural development; TET enzymes

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DIOXYGENASE; METHYL GROUP; TET ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; DNA DEMETHYLATION; DNA HYDROXYMETHYLATION; DNA METABOLISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84927695079     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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