Determinants of chromatin disruption and transcriptional regulation instigated by the thyroid hormone receptor: Hormone-regulated chromatin disruption is not sufficient for transcriptional activation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3158-3171

  Wong, Jiemin ^a   Shi, Yun Bo ^a   Wolffe, Alan P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Disruption; Thyroid hormone receptor; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; HISTONE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030946171     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3158     Document Type: Article

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