Specification of chromatin domains and regulation of replication and transcription during development

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Vassetzky, Yegor ^a   Lemaitre, Jean Marc ^a   Méchali, Marcel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Nuclear matrix; Replication; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034075901     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critreveukargeneexpr.v10.i1.50     Document Type: Review

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