Replication and translation of epigenetic information

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 301, Issue , 2006, Pages 21-44

  Brero, A ^a   Leonhardt, H ^a   Cardoso, M C ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; DNA BASE; HISTONE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 29644447446     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31390-7_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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