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Nature Insight: Epigenetics
Vol. 447, No. 7143 pp 396-440
Genetic mechanisms alone cannot explain how some cellular traits are propagated. Rapid advances in the field of epigenetics are now revealing a molecular basis for how heritable information other than DNA sequence can influence gene function. These advances also add to our understanding of transcriptional regulation, nuclear organization, development and disease.
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Editorial
Epigenetics
Alex Eccleston, Natalie DeWitt, Chris Gunter, Barbara Marte & Deepa Nath
doi:10.1038/447395a
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Perceptions of epigenetics
Adrian Bird
doi:10.1038/nature05913
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Reviews
Transcription and RNA interference in the formation of heterochromatin
Shiv I. S. Grewal & Sarah C. R. Elgin
doi:10.1038/nature05914
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The complex language of chromatin regulation during transcription
Shelley L. Berger
doi:10.1038/nature05915
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Nuclear organization of the genome and the potential for gene regulation
Peter Fraser & Wendy Bickmore
doi:10.1038/nature05916
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Epigenetic inheritance in plants
Ian R. Henderson & Steven E. Jacobsen
doi:10.1038/nature05917
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Stability and flexibility of epigenetic gene regulation in mammalian development
Wolf Reik
doi:10.1038/nature05918
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Phenotypic plasticity and the epigenetics of human disease
Andrew P. Feinberg
doi:10.1038/nature05919
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