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Physarum polycephalum for Studying the Function of Histone Modifications In Vivo

Vanessa Menil-Philippot1, Christophe Thiriet2

  • 1UMR CNRS 6286 UFIP, Université de Nantes, Epigénétique: Prolifération et Différenciation, 2 rue de Houssinière, 44322, Nantes Cedex 03, France.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|November 18, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
AssemblyChromatinExchangeHistone modificationNucleosomePhysarum polycephalumTurnover

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