Histone H2A.Z and DNA methylation are mutually antagonistic chromatin marks

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7218, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Zilberman, Daniel ^a   Coleman Derr, Devin ^a   Ballinger, Tracy ^b,c   Henikoff, Steven ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2AZ;

CANCER; CHROMOSOME; DNA; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMINID; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 55549141877     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07324     Document Type: Article

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