Transcription initiation in vivo without classical transactivators: DNA kinks flanking the core promoter of the housekeeping yeast adenylate kinase gene, AKY2, position nucleosomes and constitutively activate transcription

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4199-4207

  Angermayr, Michaela ^a   Oechsner, Ulrich ^a,b   Gregor, Kerstin ^a   Schroth, Gary P ^a,c   Bandlow, Wolfhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Lichtenstein Pharmaceutica GmbH und Co   (Germany)

^c Genelabs Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036796414     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf551     Document Type: Review

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