Epigenomic annotation of gene regulatory alterations during evolution of the primate brain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 494-503

  Vermunt, Marit W ^a   Tan, Sander C ^a   Castelijns, Bas ^a   Geeven, Geert ^a   Reinink, Peter ^a   De Bruijn, Ewart ^a   Kondova, Ivanela ^b   Persengiev, Stephan ^b   Bontrop, Ronald ^c   Cuppen, Edwin ^a   De Laat, Wouter ^a   Creyghton, Menno P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CIS REGULATORY ELEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84959157387     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4229     Document Type: Article

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