DNA methylation, nucleosome formation and positioning

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-361

  Pennings, Sari ^a   Allan, James ^b   Davey, Colin S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Nucleosome positioning

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 16344367080     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/3.4.351     Document Type: Review

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