Epigenetic regulation of mammalian genomes by transposable elements

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1178, Issue , 2009, Pages 276-284

  Huda, Ahsan ^a   Jordan, I King ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Gene regulation; Histone modifications; Human genome; Nucleosomes; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSPOSON;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350455280     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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