Effects of histone tail domains on the rate of transcriptional elongation through a nucleosome

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 8866-8878

  Protacio, R U ^a   Li, G ^a   Lowary, P T ^a   Widom, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034461003     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.23.8866-8878.2000     Document Type: Article

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