DNA Methylation

Nutrition in Epigenetics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 9-45

  Cucu, Natalia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Centromere proteins (CENP); DNA Methylation; Epigenetic Mechanisms; Methylmethane sulfonate (MMS); Pluricellularity; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886163504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470959824.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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