Type I elements mediate replication fork pausing at conserved upstream sites in the Tetrahymena thermophila ribosomal DNA minichromosome

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4517-4525

  MacAlpine, David M ^a,b   Zhang, Zhi ^a   Kapler, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINICHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030811529     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4517     Document Type: Article

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