CHD chromatin remodelers and the transcription cycle

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Murawska, Magdalena ^a   Brehm, Alexander ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHD family; Chromatin remodeler recruitment; Chromatin remodeling; RNA processing; Transcription cycle

Indexed keywords

CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN; CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN 1; CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN 3; CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN 4; CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN 5; CHROMODOMAIN HELICASE DNA BINDING PROTEIN 9; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLY(ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE); SUMO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA DAMAGE; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SUMOYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 84855165141     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.2.6.17840     Document Type: Review

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