Editorial: Epigenetic Mechanisms and Their Involvement in Rare Diseases

Mojgan Rastegar; Dag H Yasui

doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.755076

Editorial: Epigenetic Mechanisms and Their Involvement in Rare Diseases

Front Genet. 2021 Sep 1:12:755076. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.755076. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Mojgan Rastegar¹, Dag H Yasui²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: ATRX and gene regulatory mechanisms; Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) and Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS); DNA methylation and histone modifications; MYCN-related epigenetic factors and non-coding regulatory RNAs; MeCP2 isoforms and rett syndrome (RTT); O-linked-D-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc); activity dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) and chromatin remodeling; epigenetics and rare diseases.

Publication types

Editorial