C. elegans epigenetic regulation in development and aging

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-234

  González Aguilera, Cristina ^a   Palladino, Francesca ^b   Askjaer, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Chromatin organization; Longevity; Organogenesis; Small RNA; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN B; LAMIN C; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; CHROMATIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; ORGANOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84896698482     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt048     Document Type: Article

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