The yeast SWI-SNF complex facilitates binding of a transcriptional activator to nucleosomal sites in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4811-4819

  Burns, Loree Griffin ^a   Peterson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030842478     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4811     Document Type: Article

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