The trithorax-group and Polycomb-group chromatin modifiers: Implications for disease

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033152770     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80053-7     Document Type: Article

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