Histone demethylases in development and disease

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 662-671

  Pedersen, Marianne Terndrup ^a,b   Helin, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Epigenetics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 78049286684     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.08.011     Document Type: Review

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