Beyond genetics: epigenetic code in chronic kidney disease.

Epigenetics refers to a heritable change in the pattern of gene expression that is mediated by a mechanism specifically not due to alterations in the primary nucleotide sequence. Well-known epigenetic mechanisms encompass DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling (histone modifications), and RNA interfe...

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Published in:	Kidney International Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 23 - 33
Main Authors:	Dwivedi RS, Herman JG, McCaffrey TA, Raj DS, Dwivedi, Rama S, Herman, James G, McCaffrey, Timothy A, Raj, Dominic S C
Format:	review Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Jan2011
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost