Novel relationships among DNA methylation, histone modifications and gene expression in Ascobolus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 180-195

  Barra, José L ^a,b   Holmes, Allyson M ^a,c   Grégoire, Annie ^a   Rossignol, Jean Luc ^a   Faugeron, Godeleine ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HYGROMYCIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETYLATION; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTONES; LYSINE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ASCOBOLUS;

EID: 21244497830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04665.x     Document Type: Article

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