Imprinted genes and the environment: Links to the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium and lead

Genes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 477-496

  Smeester, Lisa ^a   Yosim, Andrew E ^a   Nye, Monica D ^b,c   Hoyo, Cathrine ^d   Murphy, Susan K ^c   Fry, Rebecca C ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; DNA methylation; Environment; Environmental health; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Imprinted genes; Systems biology; Toxic metals; TP53

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN PLAG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER FAMILY II PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA METHYLATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICOGENETICS;

EID: 84902993850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes5020477     Document Type: Article

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