Gene regulatory networks and epigenetic modifications in cell differentiation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-109

  Roy, Siddhartha ^a   Kundu, Tapas K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cell differentiation; epigenetic modification; gene regulatory network; multistationarity; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MULTISTATIONARITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HISTONES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896403922     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1249     Document Type: Review

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