Maintenance of chromatin states: An open-and-shut case

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-274

  Vermaak, Danielle ^a   Ahmad, Kami ^b   Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HISTONE; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPETITIVE DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037648396     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00043-7     Document Type: Review

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