Epigenetic changes in the brain: Measuring global histone modifications

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 670, Issue , 2011, Pages 263-274

  Rumbaugh, Gavin ^a   Miller, Courtney A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Histone; Methylation; Phosphorylation; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84934434502     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-744-0_18     Document Type: Article

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