Gene-environment interactions and epigenetic basis of human diseases

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Liu, Liang ^a,b   Li, Yuanyuan ^b   Tollefsbol, Trygve O ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

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EID: 44449134663     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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