Gene regulation and chromatin organization: Relevance of cohesin mutations to human disease

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-66

  Watrin, Erwan ^a,b   Kaiser, Frank J ^c   Wendt, Kerstin S ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; COHESIN GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DE LANGE SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84955486608     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2015.12.004     Document Type: Review

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