Epigenetics /

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Imprint:Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2007.
Description:x, 502 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6366573
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Other authors / contributors:Allis, C. David.
Jenuwein, Thomas.
Reinberg, Danny.
ISBN:9780879697242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Epigenetics : from phenomenon to field / Daniel E. Gottschling
  • A brief history of epigenetics / Gary Felsenfeld
  • Overview and concepts / C. David Allis, Thomas Jenuwein, and Danny Reinberg
  • Epigenetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Michael Grunstein and Susan M. Gasser
  • Position-effect variegation, heterochromatin formation, and gene silencing in drosophila / Sarah C.R. Elgin and Gunter Reuter
  • Fungal models for epigenetic research : Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Neurospora crassa / Robin C. Allshire and Eric U. Selker
  • Epigenetics of ciliates / Eric Meyer and Douglas L. Chalker
  • RNAi and heterochromatin assembly / Robert Martienssen and Danesh Moazed
  • Epigenetic regulation in plants / Marjori Matzke and Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
  • Chromatin modifications and their mechanism of action / Tony Kouzarides and Shelley L. Berger
  • Transcriptional silencing by polycomb group proteins / Ueli Grossniklaus and Renato Paro
  • Transcriptional regulation by trithorax group proteins / Robert E. Kingston and John W. Tamkun
  • Histone variants and epigenetics / Steven Henikoff and M. Mitchell Smith
  • Epigenetic regulation of chromosome inheritance / Gary H. Karpen and R. Scott Hawley
  • Epigenetic regulation of the X chromosome in C. elegans / Susan Strome and William G. Kelly
  • Dosage compensation in drosophila / John C. Lucchesi and Mitzi I. Kuroda
  • Dosage compensation in mammals / Neil Brockdorff and Bryan M. Turner
  • DNA methylation in mammals / En Li and Adrian Bird
  • Genomic imprinting in mammals / Denise P. Barlow and Marisa S. Bartolomei
  • Germ line and pluripotent stem cells / M. Azim Surani and Wolf Reik
  • Epigenetic control of lymphopoiesis / Meinrad Busslinger and Alexander Tarakhovsky
  • Nuclear transplantation and the reprogramming of the genome / Rudolf Jaenisch and John Gurdon
  • Epigenetics and human disease / Huda Y. Zoghbi and Arthur L. Beaudet
  • Epigenetic determinants of cancer / Stephen B. Baylin and Peter A. Jones.