Histone post-translational modifications in preimplantation mouse embryos and their role in nuclear architecture

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-112

  Beaujean, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84893773369     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22268     Document Type: Review

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