Bridging the gap between epigenetics research and nutritional public health interventions.docVIP

Burdge and Lillycrop Genome Medicine 2010,2:80 /content/2/11/80 CO MMENTA RY Bridging the gap between epigenetics research and nutritional public health interventions Graham C Burdge * and Karen A Lillycrop 1 2 Epigenetic mechanisms Abstract e term ‘epigenetic’ describes a group of heritable, distinct, highly interrelated processes that control the level of mRNA [1]. e main processes are DNA methy- lation and covalent modi?cations to the amino termini of histones, principally methylation, acetylation, ubiq