Decoding Lamarck—transgenerational control of metabolism by noncoding RNAs

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 468, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 959-969

  Schmidt, Elena ^a,b   Kornfeld, Jan Wilhelm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Metabolism; Noncoding RNAs; Transgenerational inheritance

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETIC TRANSGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84960111536     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1807-8     Document Type: Review

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