Maintenance of genomic methylation requires a SWI2/SNF2-like protein

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 94-97

  Jeddeloh, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Stokes, Trevor L ^a   Richards, Eric J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032907728     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/8803     Document Type: Article

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