Epigenetics: Development and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kundu, Tapas K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Subcellular Biochemistry, 61
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Gene expression.; Posttranslational modification.; Stem cells.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Gene Expression.; Posttranslational Modification.; Cancer Research.; Developmental Biology.; Stem Cells.

Epigenetics is the phenomenon which fine tunes the processes associated with life, beyond that which is specified by the sequence of the genetic material; DNA. The covalent modification of DNA, DNA associated histones, several non histone proteins as well as non coding RNA coherently operate to esta...