Marking histone H3 variants: How, when and why?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 425-433

  Loyola, Alejandra ^a   Almouzni, Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DIMER; HISTONE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34548433964     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.08.004     Document Type: Review

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