Structural and dynamic functions establish chromatin domains

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 237-248

  Ishii, Kojiro ^a,b   Laemmli, Ulrich K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037249320     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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