Epigenetic methylations and their connections with metabolism

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1495-1508

  Chiacchiera, Fulvio ^a   Piunti, Andrea ^a   Pasini, Diego ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin modification; Demethylase; DNMT; Epigenetics; Jumonji; Metabolism; Methylation; Methyltransferases; Polycomb; S adenosylmethionine; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; METHYL GROUP; OXYGENASE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEMETHYLATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS;

EID: 84876685184     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1293-5     Document Type: Review

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