Histone variants and epigenetic inheritance

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 222-229

  Yuan, Gang ^a,b   Zhu, Bing ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Histone variant

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CENTROMERE PROTEIN E; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857108841     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.06.007     Document Type: Review

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