Chromatin turn ons and turn offs of ribosomal RNA genes

Cell Cycle

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 878-881

  Lawrence, Richard J ^a   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Gene silencing; Histone modification; Nucleolar dominance

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE POOL; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 13144250163     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.3.7.983     Document Type: Review

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