Chromatin and chromatin-modifying proteins in adipogenesis

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-410

  Musri, Melina M ^a   Gomis, Ramon ^a   Párrizas, Marcelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Chromatin; Coregulators; Histones; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOKINES; BONA FIDE; CHROMATIN; HAEMOSTASIS;

CELLS; HORMONES; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION;

PROTEINS;

CHROMATIN MODIFYING PROTEIN; HISTONE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SWI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HORMONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PPAR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34948903911     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O07-068     Document Type: Short Survey

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