Chromatin higher-order structures and gene regulation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-186

  Li, Guohong ^a   Reinberg, Danny ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79953163378     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.01.022     Document Type: Review

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