On the opportunistic nature of transcription and replication initiation in the metazoan genome

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-125

  Sequeira Mendes, Joana ^a   Gómez, María ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

CpG islands; DNA replication origins; Nucleosomes; Opportunism; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; NUCLEOSOMES; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA;

EID: 84855793617     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100126     Document Type: Review

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