Pericentric heterochromatin becomes enriched with H2A.Z during early mammalian development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1599-1607

  Rangasamy, Danny ^a   Berven, Leise ^a,b   Ridgway, Patricia ^a   Tremethick, David John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early mammalian development; H2A.Z; Inactive X chromosome; Inner centromere protein; Pericentric heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H2A; INNER CENTROMERE PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HETEROCHROMATIN; INNER CELL MASS; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037390327     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg160     Document Type: Article

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