Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology

Jeanteur, Philippe

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2008-09-10

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783540852360

DOI: 10.1007/b138907

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 266