The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 328-333 , April 2011

Novel histone biotinylation marks are enriched in repeat regions and participate in repression of transcriptionally competent genes

Received 25 November 2009 ,Revised 14 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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☆ A contribution of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division, supported in part by funds provided through the Hatch Act. Additional support was provided by NIH grants DK063945, DK077816, DK082476 and ES015206; USDA CSREES grant 2006-35200-17138; and NSF grant EPS 0701892.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.02.011

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 328-333 , April 2011

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