A chromatin switch

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Bodnar, John W ^a   Bradley, Margaret K ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030574240     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0195     Document Type: Article

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