Epigenetic control of the genome — Lessons from genomic imprinting

Genes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 635-655

  Adalsteinsson, Bjorn T ^a   Ferguson Smith, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTCF; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Histone modifications; Imprinting; Long non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA H19; SOMATOMEDIN B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ALLELE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84930932944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes5030635     Document Type: Review

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