H3K9/HP1 and Polycomb. Two Key Epigenetic Silencing Pathways for Gene Regulation and Embryo Development.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-291

  Nestorov, Peter ^a,b   Tardat, Mathieu ^a   Peters, Antoine H F M ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Histone methylation; HP1; Polycomb; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876339353     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416027-9.00008-5     Document Type: Chapter

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