Beschreibung
This book presents epigenetics research as a new way of looking at genetics. Topics range from basic epigenetics mechanisms to development of cells and organisms and the biological basis of diseases. In addition the book focuses on immunology and the role of viruses in epigenetics. The last part of the book highlights proteins and peptides as epigenetic modulators.
Autorenportrait
Walter Doerfler: 1981: AronsonPreis, Berlin 1984: RobertKochPreis, Bonn 19861992: Senat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn 1997: Mitglied Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle 2007: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2013: Löffler Frosch Medaille der Gesellschaft für Virologie