A link between H3K27me3 mark and exon length in the gene promoters of pluripotent and differentiated cells

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 855-859

  Chen, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

HISTONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLANDS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTONES; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 77951943869     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq047     Document Type: Article

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