Evolution of Epigenetic Regulation in Vertebrate Genomes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 269-283

  Lowdon, Rebecca F ^a   Jang, Hyo Sik ^a   Wang, Ting ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenome evolution; Gene regulation; Vertebrate genomics

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TURNOVER TIME; VERTEBRATE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84963731960     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.03.001     Document Type: Review

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