The role of chromatin structure in regulating the expression of clustered genes

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 775-781

  Sproul, Duncan ^a   Gilbert, Nick ^a   Bickmore, Wendy A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCALE UP;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; HISTONES; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 25844496592     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1688     Document Type: Review

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