Nucleosome structure of the yeast CHA1 promoter: Analysis of activation-dependent chromatin remodeling of an RNA-polymerase-II-transcribed gene in TBP and RNA pol II mutants defective in vivo in response to acidic activators

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 6028-6038

  Moreira, José M A ^a   Holmberg, Steen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activation dependent remodeling; Chromatin structure; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; SERINE DEHYDRATASE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX; YEAST;

CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; L-SERINE DEHYDRATASE; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SERINE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032531695     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.20.6028     Document Type: Article

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