Chromatin domains in higher eukaryotes: Insights from genome-wide mapping studies

Chromosoma

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-36

  de Wit, Elzo ^a,b   van Steensel, Bas ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58349114015     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-008-0186-0     Document Type: Review

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