Uncovering the DNA methylation landscape in key regulatory regions within the FADS cluster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Rahbar, Elaheh ^a   Ainsworth, Hannah C ^a   Howard, Timothy D ^a   Hawkins, Gregory A ^a   Ruczinski, Ingo ^b   Mathias, Rasika ^c   Seeds, Michael C ^a   Sergeant, Susan ^a   Hixson, James E ^d   Herrington, David M ^a   Langefeld, Carl D ^a   Chilton, Floyd H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DNA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FADS1 GENE; FADS2 GENE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TISSUE; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CPG ISLANDS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85030032204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180903     Document Type: Article

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