Perspectives in aging and epigenetics

Epigenetics of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 447-455

  Holliday, Robin ^a  

^a Australian Academy of Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA methylation; Histone modification; Proteins; RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870340769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0639-7_25     Document Type: Chapter

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