The disequilibrium of nucleosomes distribution along chromosomes plays a functional and evolutionarily role in regulating gene expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Cui, Peng ^a,c   Lin, Qiang ^a,d   Zhang, Lingfang ^a   Ding, Feng ^a,c   Xin, Chengqi ^a   Zhang, Daoyong ^b   Sun, Fanglin ^b   Hu, Songnian ^a   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NUCLEOSOMES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80051846463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023219     Document Type: Article

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