The role of UBF in regulating the structure and dynamics of transcriptionally active rDNA chromatin

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 374-382

  Sanij, Elaine ^a   Hannan, Ross D ^a,b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Methylation; Ribosomal genes; UBF

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 73449096759     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.6.9449     Document Type: Review

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