DNA co-methylation modules in postmortem prefrontal cortex tissues of European Australians with alcohol use disorders

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Fan ^a,b   Xu, Hongqin ^a,b   Zhao, Hongyu ^a,c   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b   Zhang, Huiping ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; AUTOPSY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84955249890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19430     Document Type: Article

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