Epigenetic regulation of gene expression in keratinocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2505-2521

  Botchkarev, Vladimir A ^a,b   Gdula, Michal R ^a   Mardaryev, Andrei N ^a   Sharov, Andrei A ^b   Fessing, Michael Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; CHD4 PROTEIN; CHROMOBOX HOMOLOG 4 PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; ENHANCER OF ZESTER HOMOLOG 1; ENHANCER OF ZESTER HOMOLOG 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; JUMONJI AT RICH INTERACTIVE DOMAIN 2 PROTEIN; LYSINE SPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE 6B; MICRORNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; SET DOMAIN CONTAINING LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE 8; SPECIAL AT RICH SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COVALENT BOND; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; SKIN FUNCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867882153     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.182     Document Type: Review

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