Transcriptional regulation functions of nucleosome positioning: A survey

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 843-852

  Liu, Hui ^a   Zhuang, Zi Heng ^a   Guan, Ji Hong ^b   Zhou, Shui Geng ^c  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Chromatin; Gene expression; Nucleosome positioning; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84870838653     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2011.00252     Document Type: Review

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