Epigenetic reprogramming in the germline: Towards the ground state of the epigenome

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1575, 2011, Pages 2266-2273

  Hajkova, Petra ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA demethylation; Germ cells; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOME; MEMORY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING;

EID: 79960037025     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0042     Document Type: Review

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