Radiation-induced genomic instability: Are epigenetic mechanisms the missing link?

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-191

  Aypar, Umut ^a   Morgan, William F ^b   Baulch, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin remodelling; DNA methylation; epigenetics; genomic instability; ionising radiation; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION INDUCED GENOMIC INSTABILITY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79551651545     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.522686     Document Type: Article

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