The chromatin-specific transcription elongation factor FACT comprises human SPT16 and SSRP1 proteins

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6741, 1999, Pages 284-288

  Orphanides, George ^a,b   Wu, Wel Hua ^b   Lane, William S ^c   Hampsey, Michael ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; RNA POLYMERASE II; SYNAPSIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033566129     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22350     Document Type: Article

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