Transcription from the perspective of the DNA: Twists and bumps in the road

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Mondal, Neelima ^a   Parvin, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Nucleosome; RNA polymerase II; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; NAKED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037928944     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.v13.i1.10     Document Type: Review

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