Epigenetics in humans: An overview

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 493-499

  Rivera, Rocío M ^a   Bennett, Lynda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; histone modifications; microRNA

Indexed keywords

DICER; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3L; HISTONE; HOXD11 PROTEIN; HOXD12 PROTEIN; JARID2 PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL GROUP; MICRORNA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 78649315723     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283404f4b     Document Type: Review

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