A high-resolution analysis of chromatin structure along p53 sequences

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 192-201

  Tornaletti, Silvia ^a,b   Bates, Steven ^a   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; methylation; nucleosomes; p53

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; EXONS; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0030474458     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199612)17:4<192::AID-MC2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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