Differential association of HMG1 and linker histones B4 and H1 with dinucleosomal DNA: Structural transitions and transcriptional repression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4959-4969

  Ura, Kiyoe ^a   Nightingale, Karl ^a   Wolffe, Alan P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinucleosomes; DNA; Histone B4; Histone H1; HMG1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H1;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029790690     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00876.x     Document Type: Article

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