Umfang:
1 online resource (386 pages)
ISBN:
9780128179659
Serie:
Issn Ser. v.Volume 16
Inhalt:
Intro -- Epigenetics of the Immune System -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An introduction to immunology and epigenetics -- Development of immune cells -- Dynamics of the immune response -- Immunological memory -- Basic overview of epigenetic regulation -- Genome architecture at primary structure scale: Cis-regulation through DNA elements -- Genome architecture at secondary structure scale: Trans-regulation through chromatin packaging and nucleosome positioning -- Genome architecture at tertiary structure scale: Long-range chromatic interactions and gene regulation within chromatin ter ... -- Posttranscriptional regulation of RNA expression -- Posttranslational modifications: Chromatin remodeling complexes and histones -- Posttranslational modifications: Nonhistone proteins -- Advancing technology and use of interdisciplinary approaches -- References -- Chapter 2: Plant epigenetics and the `intelligent´ priming system to combat biotic stress -- Introduction -- Plant DNA methylation -- De novo DNA methylation -- Maintenance DNA methylation -- Histone modifications -- RNA-associated silencing -- Epigenetics of plant microbe interactions -- Epigenetics of plant insect interactions -- Epigenetics of immune system and memory in plants -- Plant epigenetics: Model plants and application in agriculture -- Somatic embryogenesis -- Heterosis -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Understanding immune system development: An epigenetic perspective -- Introduction: An outline of the chapter -- Epigenetic modifications and their functional output -- Transcriptional control of epigenetic modifications: From on/off to cycling of epigenetic modifications -- DNA methylation: The mark of silence -- Histone modifications: Key epigenetic drivers -- Interdependence of DNA and histone modifications.
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Weitere Ausg.:
9780128179642
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780128179642
Sprache:
Englisch
