DNA methylation regulates neuronal glutamatergic synaptic scaling

Science Signaling

Volumn 8, Issue 382, 2015, Pages

  Meadows, Jarrod P ^a   Guzman Karlsson, Mikael C ^a   Phillips, Scott ^a   Holleman, Cassie ^a   Posey, Jessica L ^a   Day, Jeremy J ^a   Hablitz, John J ^a   Sweatt, J David ^a  

^a Civitan International Research Center Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N PHTHALOYLTRYPTOPHAN; RNA POLYMERASE; TETRODOTOXIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HOMEOSTASIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PHTHALIMIDES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84932600238     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aab0715     Document Type: Article

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