Splicing, transcription, and chromatin: a ménage à trois

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-151

  Allemand, Eric ^a   Batsché, Eric ^a   Muchardt, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44449158814     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.01.006     Document Type: Review

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