Memory by modification: The influence of chromatin structure on gene expression during vertebrate development

Gene

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-150

  Cunliffe, Vincent T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Histone; Polycomb; Transcriptional silencing; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037468559     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00386-X     Document Type: Review

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