Epigenetics - A Different Way of Looking at Genetics

Walter Doerfler: • 1981: Aronson-Preis, Berlin • 1984: Robert-Koch-Preis, Bonn • 1986–1992: 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

Preface.- Formation of Bacterial Lineages in Salmonella enterica by Epigenetic Mechanisms.- Non-coding RNAs and Chromatin Modifications in the Developmental Control of Imprinted Genes.- Lymphocyte Identity and Genomic Switches.- Epigenetic Imprinting of Immunological Memory.- Short Biologically Active Peptides as Epigenetic Modulators of Gene Activity.- Epigenetic Alterations of Viral and Cellular Genomes in EBV Infected Cells.- Epigenetic Destabilization by Inserting Foreign DNA Into Mammalian Genomes: Oncogenesis and Evolution.- What Mechanisms Induce Methylation of FMR1 Gene Full Mutation? A Still Unanswered Question.- Silencing of Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression Mediated by Components of PML Nuclear Bodies.- Azanucleoside DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitor Drugs: Update on Clinical Applications in Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- Oxidative Stress and Cancer Epigenomics.- Glossary.