The chromatin structure of the GAL1 promoter forms independently of Reb1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-149

  Reagan, M S ^a,b   Majors, J E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Footprinting; GAL1; Promoter; Reb1p

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031658081     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050799     Document Type: Article

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