Human Epigenomics

Human Epigenomics by Carsten Carlberg, Ferdinand Molnár.

The term epigenetics describes regulatory and information storing mechanisms of specific genes that do not involve any change of their DNA sequence. Epigenetics is closely related to the extensively folded state, in which the genome is packaged, known as chromatin. New genomic tools nowadays allow t...

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Main Authors: Carlberg, Carsten (Author), Molnár, Ferdinand (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Human genetics.
Molecular biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is epigenomics?
  • Methods and applications of epigenomics
  • The structure of chromatin
  • DNA methylation
  • The histone code
  • Chromatin modifiers
  • Chromatin remodelers and organizers
  • Embryogenesis and cellular differentiation
  • Population epigenomics and aging
  • Cancer epigenomics
  • Neuroepigenetics
  • Epigenomics of immune function
  • Nutritional epigenomics. .

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