Chromatin and transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-523

  Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Histone acetylation; Swi Snf complex; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033028762     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00018-2     Document Type: Review

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