Marking time: The dynamic role of chromatin and covalent modification in transcription

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Reid, George ^a   Gallais, Rozenn ^b   Métivier, Raphaël ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Estrogen; Methylation; Nucleosome; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA; HISTONE; PROTEIN PS2; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTROGENS; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 55949120076     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.08.028     Document Type: Review

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