Measurement of in vivo DNA binding by sequence-specific transcription factors using UV cross-linking

Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Walter, Johannes ^a,b   Biggin, Mark D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMATIN; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031080241     PISSN: 10462023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/meth.1996.0408     Document Type: Article

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