Small RNA-induced transcriptional gene regulation in mammals: Mechanisms, therapeutic applications, and scope within the genome

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2011, Pages 11-46

  Green, Victoria A ^a   Weinberg, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Promoter architecture; RNA interference; Transcriptional gene activation; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051862684     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415795-8.00005-2     Document Type: Chapter

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