Gene silencing at the nuclear periphery

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1383-1392

  Shaklai, Sigal ^c   Amariglio, Ninette ^c   Rechavi, Gideon ^c   Simon, Amos J ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Gene silencing; Heterochromatin; Histone modifications; Laminopathies; LAP2; Nuclear envelopathies; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear lamina; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EMERIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; LAMIN B; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; DEACETYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33847410610     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05697.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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