Novel insights into the control of human pregnancy: Potential role(s) for epigenetic regulation

Reproductive Biology Insights

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-8

  Lins, Roger J ^a   Mitchell, Murray D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Histone modification; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952750836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/rbi.s1049     Document Type: Note

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