Epigenetic regulatory elements associate with specific histone modifications to prevent silencing of telomeric genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-204

  Majocchi, Stefano ^a   Aritonovska, Elena ^a   Mermod, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; DNA; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC STABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE REPLICATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PROBABILITY; SILENT GENE;

EID: 84891803192     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt880     Document Type: Article

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