H2A.Z nucleosomes enriched over active genes are homotypic

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1500-1507

  Weber, Christopher M ^a,b   Henikoff, Jorja G ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AZ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA SPLICE SITES; SOLUBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78649884849     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1926     Document Type: Article

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