Emerging roles of chromatin in the maintenance of genome organization and function in plants

Abstract Chromatin is not a uniform macromolecular entity; it contains different domains characterized by complex signatures of DNA and histone modifications. Such domains are organized both at a linear scale along the genome and spatially within the nucleus. We discuss recent discoveries regarding...

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Main Authors: Zaida Vergara, Crisanto Gutierrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Genome Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1236-9