Gene activation and deactivation related changes in the three-dimensional structure of chromatin

Chromosoma

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-337

  Wegel, Eva ^a,b   Shaw, Peter ^b  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 27944486578     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0015-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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