Inactivation of topoisomerases affects transcription-dependent chromatin transitions in rDNA but not in a gene transcribed by RNA polymerase II

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 590-597

  Cavalli, Giacomo ^a,b   Bachmann, Doris ^a,c   Thoma, Fritz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; RNA polymerases; Topoisomerases; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PSORALEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; YEAST;

EID: 0030042250     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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