Chromatin as a potential carrier of heritable information

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-290

  Kaufman, Paul D ^a   Rando, Oliver J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; CHROMATIN;

CHROMATIN; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; NUCLEOSOME; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954817543     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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