Chromatin architecture of the human genome: Gene-rich domains are enriched in open chromatin fibers

Cell

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-566

  Gilbert, Nick ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^a   Fiegler, Heike ^b   Woodfine, Kathryn ^b   Carter, Nigel P ^b   Bickmore, Wendy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4444258534     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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