Single-cell nucleosome mapping reveals the molecular basis of gene expression heterogeneity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

  Small, Eliza C ^a   Xi, Liqun ^b   Wang, Ji Ping ^b   Widom, Jonathan ^b   Licht, Jonathan D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHO5 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE REGULATION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84902596852     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400517111     Document Type: Article

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