The histone tails of the nucleosome

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-146

  Luger, Karolin ^a   Richmond, Timothy J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032055025     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80134-2     Document Type: Article

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