Epigenetic modifications are associated with inter-species gene expression variation in primates

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Xiang ^a,c   Cain, Carolyn E ^a   Myrthil, Marsha ^a   Lewellen, Noah ^a,b   Michelini, Katelyn ^a,b   Davenport, Emily R ^a   Stephens, Matthew ^a   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a,b,d   Gilad, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PRIMATES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84937492151     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0547-3     Document Type: Article

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