Topoisomerase function during replication-independent chromatin assembly in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3520-3526

  Garinther, Wendy I ^a   Schultz, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031011658     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3520     Document Type: Article

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