ATRX and the replication of structured DNA

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-294

  Clynes, David ^a   Gibbons, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAXX PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HISTONE H3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X LINKED ALPHA THALASSAEMIA MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; X LINKED ALPHA THALASSAEMIA MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84879887114     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.01.005     Document Type: Review

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