The role of epigenetics in aging and age-related diseases

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-276

  Calvanese, Vincenzo ^a   Lara, Ester ^a   Kahn, Arnold ^b   Fraga, Mario F ^a,c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

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

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Chromatin; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modification

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; HISTONE; SIRTUIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL AGING; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; CHROMATIN; DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 68149100569     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.03.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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