Requirements for chromatin modulation and transcription activation by the Pho4 acidic activation domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5818-5827

  McAndrew, P C ^a,d   Svaren, J ^b   Martin, S R ^c   Horz W ^b   Goding, C R ^a  

^a MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031655430     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.10.5818     Document Type: Article

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