Epigenetics lights up the obesity field

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-190

  Marti, Amelia ^a,b   Ordovas, Jose ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; HERITABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 79960162517     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329847     Document Type: Review

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