Histone modifications and traditional Chinese medicinals

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hsieh, Hsin Ying ^a   Chiu, Pei Hsun ^a   Wang, Sun Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; DNA methylation; DNMT; H3K4 methylation; H3K9 methylation; H3S10 phosphorylation; HAT; HDAC; Histone code; Phylogenetics; Synergy; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yin yang

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATIN; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84878085665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-115     Document Type: Article

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