Caenorhabditis elegans dosage compensation regulates histone H4 chromatin state on X chromosomes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1710-1719

  Wells, Michael B ^a   Snyder, Martha J ^a   Custer, Laura M ^a   Csankovszki, Gyorgyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SET 1 PROTEIN; SET 4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84861373533     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.06546-11     Document Type: Article

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