Heterochromatin: New possibilities for the inheritance of structure

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 178-187

  Grewal, Shiv I S ^a   Elgin, Sarah C R ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036532235     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(02)00284-8     Document Type: Review

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