On the role of retinoblastoma family proteins in the establishment and maintenance of the epigenetic landscape

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-284

  Fiorentino, Francesco Paolo ^a   Marchesi, Irene ^b   Giordano, Antonio ^a,c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; PROTEIN SWI; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 1; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 2; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUMOYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84868014111     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24141     Document Type: Article

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