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oapen-20.500.12657-482752021-04-21T07:33:50Z Introduction to Epigenetics Paro, Renato Grossniklaus, Ueli Santoro, Raffaella Wutz, Anton Genetics and Genomics Biomedicine, general Cell Biology Human Genetics Epigenetics Biomedical Research Medical Genetics Cancer Chromatin Chromatin Dynamics Cellular Memory DNA Methylation Epigenetic Textbook Gene Regulation Gene Silencing Histone Modification Imprinting Inheritance Metabolism Nucleus Open Access Pluripotency Reprogramming RNA Mechanisms Transcription X Chromosome inactivation Genetics (non-medical) Medical research Cellular biology (cytology) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAK Genetics (non-medical) bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry::PSBC Proteins bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MF Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences::MFN Medical genetics This open access textbook leads the reader from basic concepts of chromatin structure and function and RNA mechanisms to the understanding of epigenetics, imprinting, regeneration and reprogramming. The textbook treats epigenetic phenomena in animals, as well as plants. Written by four internationally known experts and senior lecturers in this field, it provides a valuable tool for Master- and PhD- students who need to comprehend the principles of epigenetics, or wish to gain a deeper knowledge in this field. After reading this book, the student will: Have an understanding of the basic toolbox of epigenetic regulation Know how genetic and epigenetic information layers are interconnected Be able to explain complex epigenetic phenomena by understanding the structures and principles of the underlying molecular mechanisms Understand how misregulated epigenetic mechanisms can lead to disease 2021-04-20T12:48:58Z 2021-04-20T12:48:58Z 2021 book ONIX_20210420_9783030686703_55 9783030686703 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48275 eng Learning Materials in Biosciences application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9783030686703.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030686703 Springer Nature Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-68670-3 10.1007/978-3-030-68670-3 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9783030686703 Springer 215 open access
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This open access textbook leads the reader from basic concepts of chromatin structure and function and RNA mechanisms to the understanding of epigenetics, imprinting, regeneration and reprogramming. The textbook treats epigenetic phenomena in animals, as well as plants. Written by four internationally known experts and senior lecturers in this field, it provides a valuable tool for Master- and PhD- students who need to comprehend the principles of epigenetics, or wish to gain a deeper knowledge in this field. After reading this book, the student will: Have an understanding of the basic toolbox of epigenetic regulation Know how genetic and epigenetic information layers are interconnected Be able to explain complex epigenetic phenomena by understanding the structures and principles of the underlying molecular mechanisms Understand how misregulated epigenetic mechanisms can lead to disease
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