Epigenetics and aging

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Pal, Sangita ^a,b   Tyler, Jessica K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; GENETIC MATERIALS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NON-DIVIDING CELLS; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; REPLICATIVE SENESCENCE; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CHROMATIN; HISTONE; RETROPOSON; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AGING; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RETROPOSON;

AGING; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84994420131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600584     Document Type: Review

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