Binding of Gal4p and bicoid to nucleosomal sites in yeast in the absence of replication

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2977-2985

  Balasubramanian, Bhuvana ^a   Morse, Randall H ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; NOCODAZOLE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CHROMATIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; YEAST;

FUNGI;

EID: 0032912799     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.2977     Document Type: Article

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