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Histone Modifications and Asthma. The Interface of the Epigenetic and Genetic Landscapes.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2016
Kidd Courtney D A, Thompson Philip J, Barrett Lucy, Baltic Svetlana
Abstract excerpt
Complex lung diseases, such as asthma, are influenced by both genetic predisposition and environmental stimuli. The epigenetic landscape of such diseases is attracting increasing interest and research. Epigenetics broadly covers the transient and the inheritable changes to gene expression that are not directly due to changes in nucleotide sequences. Epigenetic mechanisms could have significant impact on...
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