Preface
1 Epigenetics:From Phenomenon to Field
dANIEL e.gOTTSCHLING
2 a bRIEF hISTORY OF ePIGENETICS
Gary Felsenfeld
3 Overview and Concepts
C.David Allis,Thomas Jenuwein,and Danny Reinberg
4 Epigenetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Michael Grunstein and Susan M.Gasser
5 Position-Effect Variegation,Heterochromation Formation,and Gene Silencing in Drosophila
Sarah C.R.Elgin and Gunter Reuter
6 Fungal Models for Epigenetic Research:Schizosac-charomyces pombe and Neurospora crassa
Robin C.Allshire and Eric U.Selker
7 Epigenetics of Ciliates
Eric Meyer and Douglas L.Chalker
8 RNAi and Heterochromatin Assembly
Robert Martienssen and Danesh Moazed
9 Epigenetic Regulation in Plants
Marjori Matzke and Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
10 Chromation Modifications and Their Mechanism of Action
Tony Kouzarides and Shelley L.Berger
11 Transcriptional Silencing by Polycomb Group Proteins
Ueli Grossniklaus and Renato Paro
12 Transcriptional Regulation by Trithorax Group Proteins,
Robert E.Kingston and John W.Tamkun
13 Histone Variants and Epigenetics
Steven Henikoff and M.Mitchell Smith
14 Epigenetic Regulation of Chromosome lnheritance
Gary H.Karpen and R.Scott Hawley
15 Epigenetic Regulation of the X Chromosomes in C.elegans
Susan Strome and William G.Kelly
16 Dosage Compensation in Drosophila
John C.Lucchesi and Mitzi I.Kuroda
17 Dosage Compensation in Mammals
Neil Brockdorff and Bryan M.Turner
18 DNA Methylation in Mammals
En Li and Adrian Bird
19 Genomic lmprinting in Mammals
Denise P.Barlow and Marisa S.Bartolomei
20 Germ Line and Pluripotent Stem Cells
M.Azim Surani and Wolf Reik
21 Epigenetic Control of Lymphopoiesis
Meinrad Busslinger and Alexander Tarakhovsky
22 Nuclear Transplantation and the Reprogramming of the Genome
Rudolf Jaenisch and John Gurdon
23 Epigenetics and Human Disease
Huda Y.Zoghbi and Arthur L.Beaudet
24 Epigenetic Determinants of Cancer
Stephen B.Baylin and Peter A.Jones
Appendices
1 WWW Resources
2 Histone Modifications and References
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