Pc-G/trx-G and the SWI/SNF connection: Developmental gene regulation through chromatin remodeling

Genesis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-197

  Gebuhr, Thomas C ^a   Bultman, Scott J ^a   Magnuson, Terry ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahma; BRG1; Chromatin; Development; Pc G; Trx G

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034127558     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-968X(200003)26:3<189::AID-GENE4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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