Coupled-enzymatic assays for the rate and mechanism of DNA site exposure in a nucleosome

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 708-721

  Protacio, R U ^a   Polach, K J ^a   Widom, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene regulation; Nucleosome dynamics; Nucleosome mobility; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; HISTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0031578809     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1440     Document Type: Article

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