DNA demethylation in vitro: Involvement of RNA

Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 709-718

  Weiss, Alona ^a   Keshet, Ilana ^a   Razin, Aharon ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GAMETE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030572637     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80146-4     Document Type: Article

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