Histone methylation and DNA methylation: A missed pas de deux in invertebrates?

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-161

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Borsatti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone methylation; Invertebrate genome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953162739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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