The scs' boundary element: Characterization of boundary element- associated factors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 999-1009

  Hart, Craig M ^a   Zhao, Keji ^a   Laemmli, Ulrich K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031045859     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.999     Document Type: Article

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