Epigenetics and Chromatin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jeanteur, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, 38
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Developmental Biology.
• Physical Description: XIII, 266 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540273103
• ISSN: 0079-6484 ;

Epigenetics refers to heritable patterns of gene expression which do not depend on alterations of genomic DNA sequence. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of a few selected hot spots by scientists at the edge in this extremely active field. It puts special emphasis on two main streams of research. One is the role of post-translational modifications of proteins, mostly histones, on chromatin structure and accessibility. The other one deals with parental genomic imprinting, a process which allows to express a few selected genes from only one of the parental allele while extinguishing the other.