A model for the cooperative binding of eukaryotic regulatory proteins to nucleosomal target sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 800-812

  Polach, K J ^a   Widom, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA; Gene regulation; Synergy; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029875865     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0288     Document Type: Article

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