Chromosomal elements conferring epigenetic inheritance

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 824-832

  Lyko, Frank ^a,b   Paro, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; GENETIC REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, SWITCH; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033214772     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199910)21:10<824::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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