Differences of histone H4 acetylation and replication timing between A and B chromosomes of Brachycome dichromosomatica

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-237

  Houben, Andreas ^a   Belyaev, Nikolai D ^b   Leach, Carolyn R ^a   Timmis, Jeremy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylated histone H4; B chromosome; Heterochromatin; Plants; Replication

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ANTIBODY; HISTONE H4; PLANT DNA;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA REPLICATION; HISTONES; PLANTS; S PHASE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRACHYSCOME DICHROMOSOMATICA;

EID: 0030860944     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000032297.10876.86     Document Type: Article

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