Molecular mechanisms and physiology of disease Implications for Epigenetics and Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maulik, Nilanjana (Editor), Karagiannis, Tom (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene expression.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medical biochemistry.; Proteins.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Medical Biochemistry.; Molecular Medicine.; Protein Science.; Gene Expression.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

In a simplified form, epigenetics refers to heritable changes in phenotype that are not due to changes in the underlying DNA sequence. In this book, epigenetic mechanisms of regulation and dysregulation in health and disease are explored in great depth. Detailed chapters on epigenetic processes incl...