Epigenetic memory in the context of nuclear reprogramming and cancer

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 164-173

  Halley Stott, Richard P ^a   Gurdon, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA methylation; Epigenetic memory; Histone modifications; Nuclear reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAUGHTER CELL; EMBRYO CELL; EPIGENETIC MEMORY; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC MEMORY; HISTONE MODIFICATIONS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING;

EID: 84878441552     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt011     Document Type: Article

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