Linker histones versus HMG 1/2: A struggle for dominance?

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 584-588

  Zlatanova, Jordanka ^a   Van Holde, Kensal ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HISTONE;

ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHROMATIN; DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032128361     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199807)20:7<584::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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