Evolutionary age of repetitive element subfamilies and sensitivity of DNA methylation to airborne pollutants

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Byun, Hyang Min ^a   Motta, Valeria ^a,b   Panni, Tommaso ^c   Bertazzi, Pier A ^b   Apostoli, Pietro ^d   Hou, Lifang ^e   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Environment; Exposures; Repetitive elements; Subfamily

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON; DNA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DRIVER; GAS STATION ATTENDANT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; REPETITIVE ELEMENT; STEELWORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEEL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84880089745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-10-28     Document Type: Article

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