Functional characterization of the N terminus of Sir3p

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 6110-6120

  Gotta, Monica ^a,b   Palladino, Francesca ^a,c   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031682736     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.10.6110     Document Type: Article

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