The nature of the nucleosomal barrier to transcription: Direct observation of paused intermediates by electron cryomicroscopy

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-386

  Bednar, Jan ^a,b   Studitsky, Vasily M ^c   Grigoryev, Sergei A ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^d   Woodcock, Christopher L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRECURSOR; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033197561     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80339-1     Document Type: Article

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