The Chromatin Signaling Pathway: Diverse Mechanisms of Recruitment of Histone-Modifying Enzymes and Varied Biological Outcomes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 689-701

  Smith, Edwin ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78649922622     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.11.031     Document Type: Review

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