Disruption of higher-order folding by core histone acetylation dramatically enhances transcription of nucleosomal arrays by RNA polymerase III

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4629-4638

  Tse, Christin ^a   Sera, Takashi ^b   Wolffe, Alan P ^b   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; HISTONE; MAGNESIUM ION;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031876314     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4629     Document Type: Article

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