The Mammalian Epigenome

Cell

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 669-681

  Bernstein, Bradley E ^a,b,c   Meissner, Alexander ^d   Lander, Eric S ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INHERITANCE; MAMMALIAN EPIGENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33847032960     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.033     Document Type: Review

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