Chromatin assembly: Biochemical identities and genetic redundancy

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Adams, Christopher R ^a   Kamakaka, Rohinton T ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR; DNA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033118950     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80028-8     Document Type: Article

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