Genetics and epigenetics: stability and plasticity during cellular differentiation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Mohn, Fabio ^a   Schübeler, Dirk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC STABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC PHENOMENA; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 61349117970     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2008.12.005     Document Type: Review

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