Conformation regulation of the X chromosome inactivation center: A model

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Scialdone, Antonio ^a   Cataudella, Ilaria ^b   Barbieri, Mariano ^c   Prisco, Antonella ^d   Nicodemi, Mario ^c  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS;

'CURRENT; ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES; MOLECULAR FACTORS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RANDOM CONFORMATIONS; REGULATORY REGIONS; X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

CHROMOSOMES;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 80055067857     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002229     Document Type: Article

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