Similarities between Epigenetics and Gene expression
Epigenetics and Gene expression have 38 things in common (in Unionpedia): Acetylation, Alternative splicing, Bookmarking, Cancer epigenetics, Cell (biology), Cell cycle, Cellular differentiation, Chromatin, CpG site, DNA, DNA methylation, Eukaryote, Evolution, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Gene, Genetic code, Heterochromatin, Histone code, Mammal, Messenger RNA, MicroRNA, Morphogenesis, Multicellular organism, Non-coding RNA, Paramutation, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Post-translational modification, Prion, Promoter (genetics), ..., Protein, RNA, Silencer (genetics), Small interfering RNA, Transcription (biology), Transcription factor, Ubiquitin, X-inactivation. Expand index (8 more) »
Acetylation
Acetylation (or in IUPAC nomenclature ethanoylation) describes a reaction that introduces an acetyl functional group into a chemical compound.
Acetylation and Epigenetics · Acetylation and Gene expression ·
Alternative splicing
Alternative splicing, or differential splicing, is a regulated process during gene expression that results in a single gene coding for multiple proteins.
Alternative splicing and Epigenetics · Alternative splicing and Gene expression ·
Bookmarking
Bookmarking (also "gene bookmarking" or "mitotic bookmarking") refers to a potential mechanism of transmission of gene expression programs through cell division.
Bookmarking and Epigenetics · Bookmarking and Gene expression ·
Cancer epigenetics
Cancer epigenetics is the study of epigenetic modifications to the DNA of cancer cells that do not involve a change in the nucleotide sequence.
Cancer epigenetics and Epigenetics · Cancer epigenetics and Gene expression ·
Cell (biology)
The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.
Cell (biology) and Epigenetics · Cell (biology) and Gene expression ·
Cell cycle
The cell cycle or cell-division cycle is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA (DNA replication) to produce two daughter cells.
Cell cycle and Epigenetics · Cell cycle and Gene expression ·
Cellular differentiation
In developmental biology, cellular differentiation is the process where a cell changes from one cell type to another.
Cellular differentiation and Epigenetics · Cellular differentiation and Gene expression ·
Chromatin
Chromatin is a complex of macromolecules found in cells, consisting of DNA, protein, and RNA.
Chromatin and Epigenetics · Chromatin and Gene expression ·
CpG site
The CpG sites or CG sites are regions of DNA where a cytosine nucleotide is followed by a guanine nucleotide in the linear sequence of bases along its 5' → 3' direction.
CpG site and Epigenetics · CpG site and Gene expression ·
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
DNA and Epigenetics · DNA and Gene expression ·
DNA methylation
DNA methylation is a process by which methyl groups are added to the DNA molecule.
DNA methylation and Epigenetics · DNA methylation and Gene expression ·
Eukaryote
Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).
Epigenetics and Eukaryote · Eukaryote and Gene expression ·
Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Epigenetics and Evolution · Evolution and Gene expression ·
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) is a molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of the chromosome with a high degree of sequence complementarity.
Epigenetics and Fluorescence in situ hybridization · Fluorescence in situ hybridization and Gene expression ·
Gene
In biology, a gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function.
Epigenetics and Gene · Gene and Gene expression ·
Genetic code
The genetic code is the set of rules used by living cells to translate information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) into proteins.
Epigenetics and Genetic code · Gene expression and Genetic code ·
Heterochromatin
Heterochromatin is a tightly packed form of DNA or condensed DNA, which comes in multiple varieties.
Epigenetics and Heterochromatin · Gene expression and Heterochromatin ·
Histone code
The histone code is a hypothesis that the transcription of genetic information encoded in DNA is in part regulated by chemical modifications to histone proteins, primarily on their unstructured ends.
Epigenetics and Histone code · Gene expression and Histone code ·
Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
Epigenetics and Mammal · Gene expression and Mammal ·
Messenger RNA
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.
Epigenetics and Messenger RNA · Gene expression and Messenger RNA ·
MicroRNA
A microRNA (abbreviated miRNA) is a small non-coding RNA molecule (containing about 22 nucleotides) found in plants, animals and some viruses, that functions in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.
Epigenetics and MicroRNA · Gene expression and MicroRNA ·
Morphogenesis
Morphogenesis (from the Greek morphê shape and genesis creation, literally, "beginning of the shape") is the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape.
Epigenetics and Morphogenesis · Gene expression and Morphogenesis ·
Multicellular organism
Multicellular organisms are organisms that consist of more than one cell, in contrast to unicellular organisms.
Epigenetics and Multicellular organism · Gene expression and Multicellular organism ·
Non-coding RNA
A non-coding RNA (ncRNA) is an RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein.
Epigenetics and Non-coding RNA · Gene expression and Non-coding RNA ·
Paramutation
In epigenetics, a paramutation is an interaction between two alleles at a single locus, whereby one allele induces a heritable change in the other allele.
Epigenetics and Paramutation · Gene expression and Paramutation ·
Phenotype
A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest).
Epigenetics and Phenotype · Gene expression and Phenotype ·
Phosphorylation
In chemistry, phosphorylation of a molecule is the attachment of a phosphoryl group.
Epigenetics and Phosphorylation · Gene expression and Phosphorylation ·
Post-translational modification
Post-translational modification (PTM) refers to the covalent and generally enzymatic modification of proteins following protein biosynthesis.
Epigenetics and Post-translational modification · Gene expression and Post-translational modification ·
Prion
Prions are misfolded proteins that are associated with several fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans.
Epigenetics and Prion · Gene expression and Prion ·
Promoter (genetics)
In genetics, a promoter is a region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene.
Epigenetics and Promoter (genetics) · Gene expression and Promoter (genetics) ·
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Epigenetics and Protein · Gene expression and Protein ·
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.
Epigenetics and RNA · Gene expression and RNA ·
Silencer (genetics)
In genetics, a silencer is a DNA sequence capable of binding transcription regulation factors, called repressors.
Epigenetics and Silencer (genetics) · Gene expression and Silencer (genetics) ·
Small interfering RNA
Small interfering RNA (siRNA), sometimes known as short interfering RNA or silencing RNA, is a class of double-stranded RNA molecules, 20-25 base pairs in length, similar to miRNA, and operating within the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway.
Epigenetics and Small interfering RNA · Gene expression and Small interfering RNA ·
Transcription (biology)
Transcription is the first step of gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA (especially mRNA) by the enzyme RNA polymerase.
Epigenetics and Transcription (biology) · Gene expression and Transcription (biology) ·
Transcription factor
In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence.
Epigenetics and Transcription factor · Gene expression and Transcription factor ·
Ubiquitin
Ubiquitin is a small (8.5 kDa) regulatory protein found in most tissues of eukaryotic organisms, i.e. it occurs ''ubiquitously''.
Epigenetics and Ubiquitin · Gene expression and Ubiquitin ·
X-inactivation
X-inactivation (also called lyonization) is a process by which one of the copies of the X chromosome present in female mammals is inactivated.
Epigenetics and X-inactivation · Gene expression and X-inactivation ·
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Epigenetics and Gene expression Comparison
Epigenetics has 240 relations, while Gene expression has 223. As they have in common 38, the Jaccard index is 8.21% = 38 / (240 + 223).
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