Basic concepts of epigenetics impact of environmental signals on gene expression

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Mazzio, Elizabeth A ^a   Soliman, Karam F A ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferases; Epigenetics; H2a.z; Heterochromatin proteins; High mobility group proteins; Methyl CpG binding proteins; Nucleosomal remodeling complexes; SWI SNF

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALVASCULIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LAMIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SUCROSE NON FERMENTABLE YEAST NUCLEOSOME REMODELING COMPLEX PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; CILIATE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MAMMAL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLANT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; WORM; YEAST;

EID: 84857143959     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.7.2.18764     Document Type: Review

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