Transcriptional activation by recruitment

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6625, 1997, Pages 569-577

  Ptashne, Mark ^a   Gann, Alexander ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030960672     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386569a0     Document Type: Review

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