Assembling pieces of the centromere epigenetics puzzle

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  González Barrios, Rodrigo ^a   Soto Reyes, Ernesto ^a   Herrera, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromosome instability; DNA methylation; Histone modifications; Kinetochore

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; HISTONE H3;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

EID: 84856276923     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.7.1.18504     Document Type: Review

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