A Comprehensive View of the Epigenetic Landscape Part I: DNA Methylation, Passive and Active DNA Demethylation Pathways and Histone Variants

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-97

  Sadakierska Chudy, Anna ^a   Kostrzewa, Richard M ^b   Filip, Małgorzata ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytosine variants; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; Histone variants; Passive and active demethylation; TET family enzymes

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5 CARBOXYLCYTOSINE; 5 FORMYLCYTOSINE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE DEMETHYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 84922004823     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: 14763524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-014-9497-5     Document Type: Review

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