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Epigenetics - A Different Way of Looking at Genetics

  • Covers aspects from epigenetic mechanisms to development and biology of diseases
  • With a special focus on viruses and immunology
  • Discusses peptides and proteins as epigenetic modulators
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Epigenetics and Human Health (EHH)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Lymphocyte Identity and Genomic Switches

    • Yuka Kanno, Steven Witte, John J. O’Shea
    Pages 41-52
  3. Epigenetic Imprinting of Immunological Memory

    • Jun Dong, Hyun-Dong Chang, Andreas Radbruch
    Pages 53-67
  4. Epigenetic Alterations of Viral and Cellular Genomes in EBV-Infected Cells

    • Ingemar Ernberg, Hans Helmut Niller, Janos Minarovits
    Pages 91-122
  5. Epigenetic Alterations upon the Insertion of Foreign DNA into Mammalian Genomes: Oncogenesis and Evolution

    • Stefanie Weber, Andrea Hofmann, Anja Naumann, Per Hoffmann, Walter Doerfler
    Pages 123-143
  6. Silencing of Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression Mediated by Components of PML Nuclear Bodies

    • Myriam Scherer, Nadine Wagenknecht, Nina Reuter, Thomas Stamminger
    Pages 175-196
  7. Oxidative Stress and Cancer Epigenomics

    • Michelle Hussong, Michal R. Schweiger
    Pages 223-243
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 245-254

About this book

This book presents epigenetics research as a new way of looking at genetics. Topics range from basic epigenetics mechanisms to development of cells and organisms and the biological basis of diseases. In addition the book focuses on immunology and the role of viruses in epigenetics. The last part of the book highlights proteins and peptides as epigenetic modulators.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universität Erlangen, Institut für Klinische und molekulare Vi, Erlangen, Germany

    Walter Doerfler

  • Biozentrum Köln, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

    Petra Böhm

About the editors

Walter Doerfler: • 1981: Aronson-Preis, Berlin • 1984: Robert-Koch-Preis, Bonn • 1986–1992: Senat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn • 1997: Mitglied Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle • 2007: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) • 2013: Löffler Frosch Medaille der Gesellschaft für Virologie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Epigenetics - A Different Way of Looking at Genetics

  • Editors: Walter Doerfler, Petra Böhm

  • Series Title: Epigenetics and Human Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27186-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27184-2Published: 22 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80087-5Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27186-6Published: 08 March 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2191-2262

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-2270

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 254

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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