Identification of a member of a DNA-dependent ATPase family that causes interference with silencing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5461-5472

  Zhang, Zemin ^a,b   Buchman, Andrew R ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030848286     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.9.5461     Document Type: Article

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