Integration of DNA sequence and DNA methylation changes in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 433-440

  Castellani, C A ^a   Melka, M G ^a   Gui, J L ^a   O'Reilly, R L ^a   Singh, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discordance; Genome sequencing; Integrative genomics; Methylation array; Monozygotic twins; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT; TWIN DISCORDANCE; CPG ISLAND; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TWINS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84945971614     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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