Implications of a life-long dynamic epigenome

Epigenomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-12

  Szyf, Moshe ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE;

CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 84859196601     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.09.15     Document Type: Review

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