The Role of Multiple Marks in Epigenetic Silencing and the Emergence of a Stable Bivalent Chromatin State

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mukhopadhyay, Swagatam ^a   Sengupta, Anirvan M ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHROMOSOMES; PROTEINS; YEAST;

A-STABLE; BI-STABILITY; BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; BUDDING YEASTS; EPIGENETIC SILENCING; EPIGENETICS; KNOCK OUTS; MINIMAL MODEL; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; TRANSCRIPTIONALLY ACTIVE;

ACETYLATION;

DISRUPTOR OF TELOMERIC SILENCING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; MUTANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YEAST;

EID: 84880798690     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003121     Document Type: Article

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