Maintenance of epigenetic information: A noncoding RNA perspective

Chromosome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 615-625

  Mondal, Tanmoy ^a   Kanduri, Chandrasekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; Histone modifications; Kcnq1ot1; Long noncoding RNA; Noncoding RNA; PRC1; PRC2; Replication; X chromosome inactivation; Xist

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; EPIGENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891028264     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9385-5     Document Type: Review

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