Euchromatic domains in plant chromosomes as revealed by H4 histone acetylation and early DNA replication

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 343-350

  Vyskot, Boris ^a   Siroky, Jiri ^a   Hladilova, Renata ^a   Belyaev, Nikolai D ^b   Turner, Bryan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Euchromatin; Histone H4 acetylation; Immunofluorescence labeling; Silene spp.

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BROXURIDINE; DNA REPLICATION; HISTONE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYSINE; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLIUM CEPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA; MELANDRIUM; MELANDRIUM ALBUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PENDULA; SILENE; SILENE CHALCEDONICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA; SILENE PENDULA; SILENE VULGARIS; TABACUM;

EID: 0033120570     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-133     Document Type: Article

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