Conserved histone variant H2A.Z protects euchromatin from the ectopic spread of silent heterochromatin

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 725-736

  Meneghini, Marc D ^a   Wu, Michelle ^a   Madhani, Hiten D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H2A Z; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EID: 0037423930     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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