Timescales of Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance

Cell

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-668

  Rando, Oliver J ^a   Verstrepen, Kevin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS; TIME;

EID: 33847208871     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023     Document Type: Review

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