DNA methylation program during development

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 485-494

  Zhou, Feng C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; DNA demethylation; environmental factors; epigenetics; epigenome; neural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870675094     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-012-9246-1     Document Type: Review

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