Caenorhabditis elegans small RNA pathways make their mark on chromatin

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Claycomb, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867317339     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2012.1611     Document Type: Review

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