Adaptation or Malignant Transformation: The Two Faces of Epigenetically Mediated Response to Stress

Adaptive response to stress is a fundamental property of living systems. At the cellular level, many different types of stress elicit an essentially limited repertoire of adaptive responses. Epigenetic changes are the main mechanism for medium- to long-term adaptation to accumulated (intense, long-t...

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Main Authors: Aleksandar Vojta, Vlatka Zoldoš
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/954060