An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7395, 2012, Pages 534-537

  Gassmann, Reto ^a   Rechtsteiner, Andreas ^b   Yuen, Karen W ^a,d   Muroyama, Andrew ^a   Egelhofer, Thea ^b   Gaydos, Laura ^b   Barron, Francie ^a,e   Maddox, Paul ^a,f   Essex, Anthony ^a,g   Monen, Joost ^a,h   Ercan, Sevinc ^c   Lieb, Jason D ^c   Oegema, Karen ^a   Strome, Susan ^b   Desai, Arshad ^a  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^g SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DNA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; SPERM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPERM; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HELMINTH; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; MEIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84860253153     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10973     Document Type: Article

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