Centromeric chromatin exhibits a histone modification pattern that is distinct from both euchromatin and heterochromatin

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1076-1083

  Sullivan, Beth A ^a,b   Karpen, Gary H ^a,b,c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; HISTONE H3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; EUCHROMATIN; GENE SWITCHING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPINDLE CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METAPHASE; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 7544227521     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb845     Document Type: Article

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