Layer cake: the first bite at gene expression diversity in the human brain

Philipp Khaitovich

doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-5-157

Layer cake: the first bite at gene expression diversity in the human brain

Genome Biol. 2012 May 22;13(5):157. doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-5-157.

Author

Philipp Khaitovich¹

Affiliation

¹ CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Yue Yang road 320, Shanghai, 200031, China. khaitovich@eva.mpg.de

Abstract

A recent publication has provided a comprehensive atlas of gene expression profiles of 995 genes linked to neuronal functions in two regions of the human brain neocortex.

MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression*
Genetic Variation
Humans
In Situ Hybridization
Neocortex / metabolism*
Neurons / metabolism
RNA, Messenger / genetics
RNA, Messenger / metabolism

Substances

RNA, Messenger