Molecular epigenesis: Distributed specificity as a break in the central dogma

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-548

  Stotz, Karola ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal specificity; Combinatorial control; Distributed specificity; Regulated recruitment; Regulation of gene expression; Rosenberg; Waters

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 39549109779     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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