CpG methylation, chromatin structure and gene silencing - A three-way connection

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4905-4908

  Razin, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Histone deacetylation; MeCP2; mSinTh; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRICHOSTATIN A;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0032168678     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.4905     Document Type: Review

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