A genetic system to assess in vivo the functions of histones and histone modifications in higher eukaryotes

EMBO Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 772-776

  Günesdogan, Ufuk ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a   Herzig, Alf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; functional assay; histone deletion; histone transgenes

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; MALE; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSGENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77957241989     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.124     Document Type: Article

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