Epigenetics: Principles and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Epigenetics concerns phenotypic alterations that lack a genetic basis, but generally any phenomenon with a clearly understood molecular basis has taken it's own name and has been excluded from the field. The text provides protocols for the most widely used techniques in the field, as well as a selection of methods focussed on particular systems or problems. These protocols will be useful primarily to basic scientists, but epigenetics has begun to have impact on medicine, and this trend will undoubtedlt be accented in years to come. This volume shows how epigenetic factors may extensively affect disease processing and how understanding of these factors may improve our ability to assess disease risk.