Molecular model for telomeric heterochromatin in yeast

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-387

  Grunstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0030990291     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80011-7     Document Type: Article

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