A novel class of supercoil-independent nuclease hypersensitive site is comprised of alternative DNA structures that flank eukaryotic genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 737-751

  Vernick, Kenneth D ^a   McCutchan, Thomas F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonuclease; Genome organization; Nuclease hypersensitivity; Nucleic acid conformation; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032546732     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1806     Document Type: Article

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