Histone variants in pluripotency and disease

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2513-2524

  Skene, Peter J ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Histone chaperone; Histone variant; Nucleosome dynamics; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HISTONE H2A;

BREAST CANCER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE CONTROL; GLIOBLASTOMA; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISEASE; HISTONE CHAPERONE; HISTONE VARIANT; NUCLEOSOME DYNAMICS; REPROGRAMMING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA HELICASES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOSOMES; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84878282462     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.091439     Document Type: Review

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