Crosstalk between chromatin structure, nuclear compartmentalization, and telomere biology

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 202-210

  Gonzalez Suarez, I ^a   Gonzalo, S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 59649119501     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167805     Document Type: Review

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