Upstream nucleosomes and Rgr1p are required for nucleosomal repression of transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1293-1305

  Moss, David R ^a   Laybourn, Paul J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033924319     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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