Histone methylation makes its mark on longevity

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-49

  Han, Shuo ^a   Brunet, Anne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N DEMETHYLASE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; METHYLATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84855321183     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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