Direct study of DNA-protein interactions in repressed and active chromatin in living cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6290-6300

  Kladde, Michael P ^a   Xu, Mai ^a   Simpson, Robert T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methyltransferase; Estrogen receptor; Footprinting; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; REPRESSOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029952990     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01019.x     Document Type: Article

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