Micro- and nanoscale devices for the investigation of epigenetics and chromatin dynamics

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 709-718

  Aguilar, Carlos A ^a   Craighead, Harold G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RNA;

CHROMATIN MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; NANOSCALE DEVICE;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NANOCHANNEL; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NANODEVICE; NANOPORE; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NUCLEOSOME; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84885466400     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.195     Document Type: Review

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