The trithorax-group and Polycomb-group chromatin modifiers: implications for disease

Keywords

Polycomb-group proteinsBiologyChromatinHistonePsychological repressionCarcinogenesisGeneticsNon-histone proteinChromatin remodelingPRC2EpigeneticsChIA-PETCell biologyGeneHistone H3RepressorTranscription factorGene expression

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The Netherlands Cancer Institute NL

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Year: 1999
Type: review
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 355-361
Citations: 77
Access: Closed

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                                    Maarten van Lohuizen
                                
                            (1999). 
                            The trithorax-group and Polycomb-group chromatin modifiers: implications for disease. 
                            Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
                            , 9
                            (3)
                            , 355-361.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0959-437x(99)80053-7

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DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(99)80053-7