Remodeling chromatin structures for transcription: What happens to the histones?

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 875-884

  Steger, David J ^a   Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030297734     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950181106     Document Type: Review

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