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Epigenetics has emerged recently as an important area of molecular biological studies. Epigenetic modifications lead to potentially heritable but reversible alterations in the expression of genes that determine cell fate. Epigenetic misregulation is thus often linked to degenerative diseases, cancer...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gasser, Susan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Li, En (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Σειρά:Progress in Drug Research ; 67
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505 0 |a DNA Methylation and Cancer -- Genome-wide Epigenetic Modifications in Cancer -- DNA Repair and the Control of DNA Methylation -- Errors in Erasure: Links Between Histone lysine Methylation Removal and Disease -- Histone Modifications in Cancer Biology and Prognosis -- Dynamics of Histone Lysine Methylation: Structures of Methyl Writers and Eraser -- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Mental Retardation -- Histone and DNA Modifications in Mental Retardation -- HDAC Inhibitors and Cancer Therapy -- Epigenetic Mechanisms in Acute Myeloid Leukemia -- The Liver-Specific MicroRNA miR-122: Biology and Therapeutic Potential -- Witold Filipowicz and Helge Großhans -- Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Embryonic Stem Cells -- Small Molecules in Cellular Reprogramming and Differentiation. 
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