Epigenetics: Environmental instructions for the genome

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Wade, Paul A ^a,c   Archer, Trevor K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Chromatin and Gene Expression Section   (United States)

^c Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LIFESTYLE; MAMMAL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644751843     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.114-a140     Document Type: Editorial

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