Single-cell and single-molecule epigenomics to uncover genome regulation at unprecedented resolution

Nature Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 19-25

  Shema, Efrat ^a,b,d   Bernstein, Bradley E ^a,b   Buenrostro, Jason D ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c Harvard University   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; PROCEDURES; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85058860179     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0290-x     Document Type: Review

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