Epigenetic regulators and histone modification

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-227

  Imhof, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Methylation; Post translational modifications

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ADAPTATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC REGULATION; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 33947496350     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/ell030     Document Type: Review

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