Four differently chromatin-associated maize HMG domain proteins modulate DNA structure and act as architectural elements in nucleoprotein complexes

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 623-631

  Ritt, Christoph ^a   Grimm, Rudi ^b   Fernández, Silvia ^c   Alonso, Juan C ^c   Grasser, Klaus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hewlett Packard GmbH   (Germany)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HMG DOMAIN PROTEIN; MAIZE; NUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; SPERMINE;

CHROMATIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHIDIUM; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; KINETICS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032103269     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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