Epigenetic inheritance of centromeres

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-60

  Henikoff, S ^a   Furuyama, T ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; INHERITANCE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80052411058     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2010.75.001     Document Type: Article

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