Xenopus TFIIIA gene transcription is dependent on cis-element positioning and chromatin structure

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3811-3818

  Pfaff, Samuel L ^a,b   Taylor, William L ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TATA BOX; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031807017     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.7.3811     Document Type: Article

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