Local and global chromatin interactions are altered by large genomic deletions associated with human brain development

Copy number variants in the human genome (CNVs) are associated with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism. Here the authors investigate how  the large deletion CNV on chromosome 22q11.2 alters chromatin organization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xianglong Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xiaowei Zhu, Carolin Purmann, Michael S. Haney, Thomas Ward, Arineh Khechaduri, Jie Yao, Sherman M. Weissman, Alexander E. Urban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07766-x