Epigenetics: Development and Disease /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kundu, Tapas Kumar. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Subcellular Biochemistry, 61
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: EPIGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
  • 1.1 Chromatin Organization, Epigenetics and Differentiation: An evolutionary perspective
  • 1.2 Secondary structures of the core histone N-terminal tails: their role in regulating chromatin structure
  • 1.3 Megabase replication domains along the human genome: Relation to chromatin structure and genome organization
  • 1.4 Role of DNA methyltransferases in epigenetic regulation in bacteria
  • PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL EPIGENETICS
  • 2.1 Metabolic aspects of epigenome: Coupling of S-adenosylmethionine synthesis and gene regulation on chromatin by SAMIT module
  • 2.2 Epigenetic regulation of male germ cell differentiation
  • 2.3 Epigenetic Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Development and Differentiation
  • 2.4 Small changes, big effects: chromatin goes aging
  • 2.5 Homeotic gene regulation: A paradigm for epigenetic mechanisms underlying organismal development
  • PART III: EPIGENETICS AND TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION
  • 3.1 Basic mechanisms in RNA Polymerase I transcription of the ribosomal RNA genes
  • 3.2 The RNA polymerase II transcriptional machinery and its epigenetic context
  • 3.3 RNA polymerase III transcriptions - regulated by chromatin structure and regulator of nuclear chromatin organization
  • 3.4. The Role of DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in Transcriptional Regulation in humans
  • 3.5 Histone variants and Transcription regulation
  • 3.6 Noncoding RNAs in Chromatin Organization and Transcription Regulation: An Epigenetic View
  • 3.7 Chromatin structure and organization: the relation with gene expression during development and disease
  • PART IV: EPIGENETICS AND DISEASE
  • 4.1 Epigenetics and cancer: Development, Differentiation and Pathobiology
  • 4.2 Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer Stem Cell Gene Expression
  • 4.3 Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in the Vascular Complications of Diabetes
  • 4.4 Epigenetic changes in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
  • 4.5 Epigenetic regulation of HIV-1 persistence and evolving strategies for virus eradication
  • 4.6 Epigenetics in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
  • 4.7 Cellular Redox, Epigenetics and Diseases
  • PART V: UNDERSTANDING OF EPIGENETICS: A CHEMICAL BIOLOGY APPROACH AND EPIGENETIC THERAPY
  • 5.1 Stem cell plasticity in development and cancer: Epigenetic origin of cancer stem cells
  • 5.2 Histone acetylation as a therapeutic target- Implication of nanodelivery
  • 5.3 DNA methylation and Cancer
  • 5.4 Role of epigenetics in inflammation-associated diseases
  • 5.5 Plasmodium falciparum: Epigenetic control of var gene regulation and disease.