Age-related epigenetic changes and the immune system

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Issa, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AGING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0142185046     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6616(03)00203-1     Document Type: Article

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