Locking the genome: Nuclear organization and cell fate

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Meister, Peter ^a   Mango, Susan E ^b   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; HUMANS;

EID: 79953162695     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.01.023     Document Type: Review

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