Intergenic Transcripts Regulate the Epigenetic State of rRNA Genes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-361

  Mayer, Christine ^a   Schmitz, Kerstin Maike ^a   Li, Junwei ^a   Grummt, Ingrid ^a   Santoro, Raffaella ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; RNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33646147563     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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