Chromatin Architectures and Hox Gene Collinearity

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-148

  Noordermeer, Daan ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D chromosome organization; Chromatin modifications; Collinearity; Hox genes; Polycomb proteins; Trithorax proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876309379     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416027-9.00004-8     Document Type: Chapter

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