Epigenetic Regulation by Heritable RNA

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Liebers, Reinhard ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Minoo ^b,c   Lyko, Frank ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON MENDELIAN INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEREDITY;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEREDITY; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 84901298360     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004296     Document Type: Review

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