Developmental programming and epigenetics

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gabory, Anne ^a   Attig, Linda ^a   Junien, Claudine ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOSINE; DNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMPLANTATION; LIVER; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HISTONES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 82355190912     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.000927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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