Effects of histone acetylation on the equilibrium accessibility of nucleosomal DNA target sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 977-985

  Anderson, J D ^a   Lowary, P T ^a   Widom, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene regulation; Nucleosome; Site exposure; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0035815105     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4528     Document Type: Article

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