Transcriptional silencing of transposons by Piwi and maelstrom and its impact on chromatin state and gene expression

Cell

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 964-980

  Sienski, Grzegorz ^a   Dönertas, Derya ^a   Brennecke, Julius ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAELSTROM PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84870060785     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.10.040     Document Type: Article

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