Variant histone H3.3 marks promoters of transcriptionally active genes during mammalian cell division

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-360

  Chow, Cheok Man ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Szutorisz, Henrietta ^a   Maia e Silva, Alexandra ^b   Pombo, Ana ^a   Barahona, Isabel ^b   Dargelos, Elise ^a   Canzonetta, Claudia ^a   Dillon, Niall ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epigenetic memory; Pre B cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE H3; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 17644369665     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400366     Document Type: Article

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