Silence of the genes - Mechanisms of long-term repression

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 648-654

  Lande Diner, Laura ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN ZFP1A1; RAG2 PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 22944489197     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1639     Document Type: Review

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