A Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Protocol for Small Cell Numbers

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 791, Issue , 2011, Pages 179-193

  Collas, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylation; ChIP; Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Epigenetics; Histone; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHLOROFORM; DNA; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; PENTANOL; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBODIES; CELL COUNT; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA; PENTANOLS; PHENOL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 80054777875     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-316-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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