Linking genome to epigenome

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-309

  Yuan, Guo Cheng ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EPIGENOME; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859824585     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1165     Document Type: Article

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