RNA polymerase II elongation through chromatin

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6803, 2000, Pages 471-475

  Orphanides, George ^a   Reinberg, Danny ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; FORECASTING; HISTONES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034727102     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35035000     Document Type: Review

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