Epigenetic Modifications and Viral Infections

• Main Author: Alejandro Garcia Carranca (auth)
• Other Authors: Felix Recillas Targa (auth), Silvia Carolina Galvan (auth), Jiuzhou Song (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); DNA Methylation; NGS technology; histone modification; Methyltransferases; Immune System; epigenetic; Interference RNA; virus; Oncolytic Virotherapy; DNase I hypersensitive sites
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Epigenetics is defined as the study of modifications of the genome, heritable during cell division that does not involve changes in DNA sequences. Up to date, epigenetic modifications involve at least three general mechanisms regulating gene expression: histone modifications, DNA methylation, and no...