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The dynamic epigenome and its implications in toxicology.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology - 1 Nov 2007
Szyf Moshe
Abstract excerpt
The epigenome serves as an interface between the dynamic environment and the inherited static genome. The epigenome is comprised of chromatin and a covalent modification of DNA by methylation. The epigenome is sculpted during development to shape the diversity of gene expression programs in the different cell types of the organism by a highly organized process. Epigenetic aberrations have similar consequences to...
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