Chromatin-based epigenetics of adult subventricular zone neural stem cells

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Gonzales Roybal, Gabriel ^a,b   Lim, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin modifications; Epigenetics; Gene expression regulation; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885400003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00194     Document Type: Review

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