Epigenetic mechanisms in neurogenesis

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 537-549

  Yao, Bing ^a   Christian, Kimberly M ^b   He, Chuan ^c,d   Jin, Peng ^a   Ming, Guo Li ^b   Song, Hongjun ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; DEACETYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE DEMETHYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84975477667     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.70     Document Type: Review

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