Histone variants in development and diseases

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 355-365

  Chen, Ping ^a   Zhao, Jicheng ^a   Li, Guohong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Development; Diseases; Epigenetic regulation; Higher order chromatin structure; Histone variant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE VARIANT; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASES; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PACKAGING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTICITY; PROTOZOON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

DEVELOPMENT; DISEASES; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; HIGHER-ORDER CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; HISTONE VARIANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84880627960     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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