Epigenetic regulation of vertebrate Hox genes: A dynamic equilibrium

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 537-540

  Soshnikova, Natalia ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior to posterior body axis; Chromatin; Hox; Polycomb; Temporal collinearity; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74549147547     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.8.10132     Document Type: Review

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