Emerging role of the MORF/MRG gene family in various biological processes, including aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1197, Issue , 2010, Pages 134-141

  Chen, Meizhen ^a   Tominaga, Kaoru ^a,b   Pereira Smith, Olivia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cellular senescence; Chromatin remodeling; DNA damage; Mrg (Morf related genes); MRG15 (Morf related gene on chromosome 15); Neural stem and progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 15; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORF GENE; MORF RELATED GENE; MORF RELATED GENE ON CHROMOSOME 15; MORF RELATED GENE X; MORF4 GENE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR CELL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77953190732     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05197.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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