Multiple SWItches to turn on chromatin?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Peterson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029914495     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80047-5     Document Type: Article

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