A diverse epigenetic landscape at human exons with implication for expression

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3498-3508

  Singer, Meromit ^a   Kosti, Idit ^b   Pachter, Lior ^a   Mandel Gutfreund, Yael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INTRON;

EUKARYOTA;

DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS;

EID: 84930504681     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv153     Document Type: Article

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