Epigenetic regulation of stem cell fate

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue R1, 2008, Pages

  Lunyak, Victoria V ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^b  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MICRORNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HISTONES; HUMANS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 48049110892     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn149     Document Type: Review

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