Epigenetic control of transcription. Introduction: The genetics of epigenetics

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Gasser, S M ^a   Paro, R ^b   Stewart, F ^c   Aasland, R ^d  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Chromatin; Dosage compensation; Epigenetics; Methylation; Paramutation; Silencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031984716     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050120     Document Type: Short Survey

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