DNA methylation dynamics in health and disease

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-281

  Bergman, Yehudit ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

AGING; BLASTOCYST; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875129831     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2518     Document Type: Review

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