Mitochondrial Epigenetics and Environmental Exposure

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 214-224

  Lambertini, Luca ^a   Byun, Hyang Min ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Environmental exposure; Epigenetics; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; POLLUTANT;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 85011292842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-016-0103-2     Document Type: Article

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