Epigenetic regulation of human embryonic stem cells

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Qidong ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation; DNA repeat; Embryonic stem cell; Epigenetic regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876152506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00238     Document Type: Article

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