Analysis of chromatin structure in vivo

Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-114

  Mymryk, Joe S ^a   Fryer, Christy J ^a   Jung, Lee A ^a   Archer, Trevor K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; TUMOR VIRUS;

EID: 0031149922     PISSN: 10462023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/meth.1997.0452     Document Type: Article

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