A nucleosome positioned in the distal promoter region activates transcription of the human U6 gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4397-4405

  Stünkel, Walter ^a   Kober, Ingo ^a   Seifart, Klaus H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMID; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE;

EID: 0040116022     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4397     Document Type: Article

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