Overview
- Gives a comprehensive overview on chromatin structure and function in combination with an epigenetic view
- Covering mammalian as well as plant cells
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology (PMSB, volume 38)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book contains ten excellent chapters … . Thoroughly covers a rapidly developing and expanding field. The different chapters are well written and provide clear, concise and informative views on the topic. Notably, each chapter ends with a conclusion describing current models and future challenges in epigenetics. … both the expert and the novice will find this book a valuable source of information on the various epigenetic phenomena." (Frank Sauer, Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 7 (10), October, 2005)
"Professor Philippe Jeanteur, who is one of the editors of this PMSB Springer series, coordinated a well reknown group of scientists working on epigenetics to provide us with an updated collection of papers treating epigenetic phenomena in Mammals, insects and plants. Well done: careful presentations, well illustrated and rich in bibliography, this book is a must for those interested in epigenetics." (Carlo Alberto Redi, European Journal of Histochemistry, Vol. 49 (4), 2005)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epigenetics and Chromatin
Editors: Philippe Jeanteur
Series Title: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138907
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-23372-5Published: 10 January 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85236-0Published: 10 September 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27310-3Published: 02 September 2005
Series ISSN: 0079-6484
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8484
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 266
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology