Current Advances in Epigenetic Modification and Alteration during Mammalian Ovarian Folliculogenesis

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 111-123

  Pan, Zengxiang ^a   Zhang, Jinbi ^a   Li, Qifa ^a   Li, Yinxia ^a   Shi, Fangxiong ^a   Xie, Zhuang ^a   Liu, Honglin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Folliculogenesis; Histone modification; Noncoding RNAs; Ovary

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL FUNCTION; DEACETYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862798731     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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