Histone Demethylases

Epigenetic Targets in Drug Discovery

Volumn 42, Issue , 2010, Pages 269-290

  Clausen, Rasmus P ^a   Pedersen, Marianne T ^b   Helin, Kristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Histone demethylases

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018194072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527627073.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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