Epigenetics: New questions on the response to hypoxia

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4705-4721

  Perez Perri, Joel I ^a,b   Acevedo, Julieta M ^a,b   Wappner, Pablo ^a,b,c  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chromatin; HIF; Histone; Jumonji; Oxygen; Stress

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 4; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 5; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 7; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; SIRTUIN 1; CHROMATIN; HISTONE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHROMATIN; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 79960785531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12074705     Document Type: Review

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