DNA methylation dynamics in muscle development and disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Carrió, Elvira ^a   Suelves, Mònica ^a  

^a Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute in Health Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA methylation; Exercise; Muscle cell identity; Muscle pathologies; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STEM CELL; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE SATELLITE CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926320109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00019     Document Type: Review

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