Contrasting chromatin organization of CpG islands and exons in the human genome

Genome Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Jung Kyoon ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN GENOME; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM;

HISTONE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA SPLICE SITES;

EID: 77954171220     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-7-r70     Document Type: Article

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