Research Catalog

Title

Epigenetics / [edited by Derek J. Chadwick and Gail Cardew].

Author

Symposium on Epigenetics (1997 : Novartis Foundation)

Publication

New York : Wiley, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cardew, Gail.
• Chadwick, Derek.

Description

ix, 305 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 214

Uniform Title

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 214.

Subjects

• Congress
• Genomic Imprinting
• DNA > Methylation > Congresses
• Epigenesis > Congresses
• Genetic regulation > Congresses
• DNA Methylation
• Gene Expression Regulation

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Symposium on Epigenetics, held at the Novartis Foundation on 24-26 June 1997"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / A. P. Wolffe -- Gene silencing by methyl-CpG-binding proteins / X. Nan, S. Cross and A. Bird -- DNA methylation, nucleosomes and the inheritance of chromatin structure and function / S. U. Kass and A. P. Wolffe -- General discussion I: The methylation of CpG islands -- Heritable chromatin states induced by the Polycomb and trithorax group genes / R. Paro, H. Strutt and G. Cavalli -- The dynamics of globin gene expression and position effects / F. Grosveld, E. de Boer and N. Dillon [et al.] -- Multiple epigenetic events regulate mating-type switching of fission yeast / A. J. S. Klar, A. V. Ivanova and J. Z. Dalgaard [et al.] -- General discussion II: Centromeres -- Nuclear organization and silencing: trafficking of Sir proteins / S. M. Gasser, M. Gotta and H. Renauld [et al.] -- Epigenetic mechanisms in the regulation of the maize Suppressor-mutator transposon / R. Raina, M. Schlappi and N. Fedoroff --
• Transgene-promoted epigenetic switches of chalcone synthase activity in petunia plants / R. B. Flavell, M. O'Dell and M. Metzlaff -- General discussion III: Nucleolar organization -- General discussion III: The silencing of endogenous sequences and transgenes -- Gene silencing in plants: relevance for genome evolution and the acquisition of genomic methylation patterns / M. A. Matzke and A. J. M. Matzke -- The host defence function of genomic methylation patterns / T. H. Bestor -- Mammalian X chtomosome inactivation / R. Jaenisch, C. Beard and J. Lee [et al.] -- Methylation dynamics, epigenetic fidelity and X chromosome structure / A. D. Riggs, Z. Xiong and L. Wang [et al.] -- General discussion IV: Does DNA methylation regulate gene activity? -- Imprinting and gene silencing in mice and Drosophila / J. D. Brenton, J. F.-X. Ainscough and F. Lyko [et al.] -- Making sense of imprinting the mouse and human IGF2R loci / A. Wutz, O. W. Smrzka and D. P. Barlow --
• Imprinted genes in the Prader-Willi deletion / U. Francke -- Final general discussion: Rules of DNA methylation in humans inferred from the fragile X gene, FMRI -- Summary / A. P. Wolffe.

ISBN

0471977713 (hbk : alk. paper)

LCCN

97043770

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries