Reconfiguración epigenómica global durante el desarrollo del cerebro de mamíferos.

Ryan Lister1,2, Eran A Mukamel3, Joseph R Nery1

  • 1Genomic Analysis Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 6, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

Los patrones de metilación del ADN cambian significativamente durante el desarrollo del cerebro, y la metilación no-CG (mCH) se vuelve dominante en las neuronas humanas. Este estudio traza estos cambios dinámicos a lo largo de la vida, revelando conocimientos sobre el aprendizaje y la memoria.

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