Characteristic low density and shear sensitivity of cross-linked chromatin containing polycomb complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 432-439

  Schwartz, Yuri B ^a,b   Kahn, Tatyana G ^a,b   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144272078     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.1.432-439.2005     Document Type: Article

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