Gene regulation and molecular toxicology

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Choudhuri, Supratim ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic Mechanisms; Expression; Gene; Post Transcriptional Regulation; Post Translational Regulation; Regulation; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CISTRON; DNA METHYLATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ECONOMY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOMIC REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOMICS; INTRON; LIGAND BINDING; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR TOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RIBOSWITCH; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TOXICITY; TOXICOGENOMICS; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION HOPPING; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REPROGRAMMING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11344274138     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520590890686     Document Type: Review

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