Dynamic genome architecture in the nuclear space: Regulation of gene expression in three dimensions

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-115

  Lanctôt, Christian ^a   Cheutin, Thierry ^b   Cremer, Marion ^a   Cavalli, Giacomo ^b   Cremer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846283384     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2041     Document Type: Review

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