New developments in chromatin research: An epigenetic perspective

New Developments in Chromatin Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-58

  Liyanage, Vichithra R B ^a   Zachariah, Robby M ^a   Delcuve, Geneviève P ^a   Davie, James R ^a   Rastegar, Mojgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Dna methylation; Epigenetics; Euchromatin; Heterochromatin; Histone PTM; Methyl binding proteins; Nucleosome

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EID: 84893644447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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