SWI-SNF complex participation in transcriptional activation at a step subsequent to activator binding

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1774-1782

  Ryan, Michael P ^a   Jones, Rachael ^a   Morse, Randall H ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031947549     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.1774     Document Type: Article

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