Review: Chromatin structural features and targets that regulate transcription

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 102-122

  Wolffe, Alan P ^a   Guschin, Dmitry ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033926403     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4217     Document Type: Article

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